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Sharifullin Farit Azatovich

Date of birth: July 27, 1988 (37 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 205.1 ч. 1 ; 327 ч. 4
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  18 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  October 19, 2022
Current location:  Penal Сolony No. 8, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Udmurt Republic

Sharifullin Farit Azatovich, born July 27, 1988, lived in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan. Married, has two children. Higher education, design engineer.

On charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organisation of the activities of a terrorist organisation", liable to up to life imprisonment"), Part 1 of Article 205.1 ("Inducement, recruitment or other involvement in terrorist activity, financing of terrorism", liable to up to 15 years' imprisonment"), Part 4 of Article 327 ("Acquisition, storage, transportation of a knowingly counterfeit certificate granting rights committed with the purpose of concealing another crime or facilitating its commission", liable to up to 4 years' imprisonment) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, he was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. The appellate court upheld the sentence.

Deprived of liberty since February 21, 2020.