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Yakubov Zafar Nabievich

Date of birth: March 30, 1984 (42 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Kazan
Occupation: бизнес и предпринимательство
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.1 ч. 1 ; 205.5 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  April 24, 2018
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  December 16, 2019
Current location:  Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Vladimir Oblast

Yakubov Zafar Nabievich, born March 30, 1984. Resident of Kazan. Has a secondary specialised education. Entrepreneur. Married. Has three young children. Sentenced under Part 1 of Article 205.5 ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 205.1 ("Financing of terrorism") of the Russian Criminal Code to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony. In custody since April 24, 2018.