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Tagirov Irek Rishatovich

Date of birth: April 5, 1989 (37 years old)
City of residence: Ufa
Occupation: торговля и продажи
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Sentence:  14 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы, штраф 450.000 рублей
Date of sentencing:  August 30, 2018
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 6, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Tver Oblast

Tagirov Irek Rishatovich, born April 5, 1989, sales manager, lived in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Under Part 2 of Art. 205.5 ("Participation in the activities of an organisation that is recognised as terrorist in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation") and Part 1 of Art. 30, Art. 278 ("Preparation for actions aimed at the violent seizure of power, as well as the violent change of the constitutional order") of the Russian Criminal Code, he was sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with a fine of 450 thousand rubles (~€4250) and restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year after release on charges of membership in the banned organisation "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami", which, even according to the investigation, did not participate in violent actions.

In custody since February 4, 2015.