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Yalkabov Timur Muminovich

Date of birth: September 7, 1980 (45 years old)
citizenship: Россия; Украина
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1 ; 278 (через ч. 1 ст. 30)
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  February 17, 2021
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, из них 4 года в тюрьме, 1 год 6 месяцев ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  March 22, 2022
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 17, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Murmansk Oblast

Yalkabov Timur Muminovich, born September 7, 1980. Citizen of the Russian Federation. Crimean Tatar, resident of Simferopol. Baker. Married, has five young children, born in 2013, 2015, 2016 and two in 2020. Activist of the ""Crimean Solidarity".

On charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Art. 30, Art. 278 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Preparation for the violent seizure of power"), on March 22, 2022, the Southern District Military Court sentenced him to 17 years in prison, with the first 4 years to be served in prison, and the remainder of the term in a strict regime penal colony, with restriction of freedom for a period of 1 year and 6 months.

Deprived of liberty since February 17, 2021.