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Rizakhanov Asret Magomedovich

Date of birth: May 19, 1986 (40 years old)
Form of repression:  no prosecution
Pursuit stage:  end of prosecution
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 25, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Komi
Date of release:  May 6, 2026
Lists of persecuted:  Archive

Rizakhanov Asret Magomedovich, born May 19, 1986, native of the village of Kushtil, Republic of Dagestan. Worked as a salesman at a construction market in Odintsovo.

Sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony and restriction of freedom for 1.5 years under Part 1 of Article 30 and paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy") and two episodes of Part 2 of Article 222 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Illegal storage of ammunition and explosive devices by a group of persons by prior conspiracy").

Found guilty by the verdict of the Moscow District Military Court on March 10, 2016, effectively deprived of freedom since May 7, 2014.