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Sabirzyanov Zulfat Alfatovich

Date of birth: November 15, 1988 (37 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  15 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 5, 2020
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Sabirzyanov Zulfat Alfatovich. Born November 15, 1988 in the village of Nizhnie Yaki (Tatarstan"), lived in Kazan. Married, two children, earned an unofficial income from repairs, was previously an imam. He received a secondary education in Russia, and graduated from the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence in Jordan.

Sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.5 (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 2 of Article 205.2 (Public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism using the Internet") of the Russian Criminal Code to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.

In custody since March 14, 2017.