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Seidametov Lenur Lyumanovich

Date of birth: June 11, 1986 (39 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 22, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 3, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Amur Oblast

Seidametov Lenur Lyumanovich, born June 11, 1986. Citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Crimean Tatar, resident of Simferopol. Lenur worked as a loader. He is married, has three young children born in 2013, 2016 and 2019. Activist of the "Crimean Solidarity".

On charges of committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Art. 30, Art. 278 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power"), on March 22, 2022, the Southern District Military Court sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment, with the first 4 years to be served in prison, and the remainder of the term in a strict regime penal colony.

Deprived of liberty since February 17, 2021.