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Suleimanov Ruslan Serverovich

Date of birth: April 21, 1983 (43 years old)
Occupation: журналистика
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:  14 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  November 24, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 17, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Murmansk Oblast

Suleimanov Ruslan Serverovich, born April 21, 1983, citizen journalist, activist of "Crimean Solidarity", picketer. He has three children.

Sentenced under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation"), Part 1 of Art. 30 and Art. 278 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power") to 14 years of imprisonment, of which 4 years to be spent in prison, the rest in a strict regime colony, and to restriction of freedom for 1 year upon release, in connection with alleged involvement in Hizb-ut-Tahrir al-islami.

In custody since March 27, 2019.

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