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Saitov Lenar Azatovich

Date of birth: May 25, 1987 (39 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  282.2 ч. 1 ; 205.5 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  19 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 2 года ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  December 8, 2017
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 9, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Orenburg Oblast

Saitov Lenar Azatovich, born May 25, 1987, and lived in Kazan.

He is charged under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organizing the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 1 of Article 282.2 ("Organizing the activities of an extremist organisation"), and Part 4 of Article 150 ("Involving a minor in the commission of a particularly serious crime") of the Russian Criminal Code. The charges are related to his alleged involvement in the international religious organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in the Russian Federation, and an attempt to involve a minor in this organisation.

After an appeal to the Supreme Court, the charges against Saitov under Part 4 of Article 150 of the Russian Criminal Code were dropped. Lenar was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.

He has been in custody since October 14, 2014.

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