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Shakirov Airat Ilgizarovich

Date of birth: July 26, 1991 (34 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:  18 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  April 5, 2017
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 12, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Vologda Oblast

Shakirov Airat Ilgizarovich, born July 26, 1991, in the city of Aznakayevo, Republic of Tatarstan, where he lived. Complete secondary education (graduated from school in 2009). Married, has two children. Not officially employed.

Sentenced by the Volga District Military Court to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Financing of terrorist activity")  in connection with participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is 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.