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Salimzyanov Arslan Talgatovich

Date of birth: June 16, 1986 (39 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 205.1 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  16 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  April 5, 2017
Current location:  unknown

Salimzyanov Arslan Talgatovich, born June 16, 1986.

Sentenced by the Volga District Military Court to 16 years of strict regime imprisonment under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Financing of terrorist activities")  in connection with participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia, and the collection of "membership fees" (from 200 to 1,000 rubles per month) from other members of this organisation.

In custody since May 19, 2015.