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Shafiev Albert Rimovich

Date of birth: November 27, 1988 (37 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 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, из них 2 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  December 11, 2017
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 5, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Orenburg Oblast

Shafiev Albert Rimovich, born November 27, 1988, lived in Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan, has secondary specialised education, has two young children, is married, and was not officially employed. He was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation"). He has been in custody since September 6, 2016.