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Toptygin Mikhail Yurievich

Date of birth: February 11, 1983 (43 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  currently serving a sentence
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  15 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  February 21, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 4, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Ivanovo Oblast

Toptygin Mikhail Yurievich, born February 11, 1983, lived in Ufa. Mikhail is married and has four children. He has a secondary specialised education, and worked as a washing machine repairman. In 2012, he was convicted under Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code to 1 year and 4 months in prison; this sentence was related to participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir.

Convicted under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.

In custody since July 26, 2017.