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Yunusov Nail Nazhibovich

Date of birth: February 24, 1989 (37 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  May 19, 2015
Sentence:  17 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима, 1 год ограничения свободы
Date of sentencing:  April 5, 2017
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 11, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Kirov Oblast

Yunusov Nail Nazhibovich, born February 24, 1989, and lived in Kazan. In 2008, he graduated from the Nizhnekamsk Confectionery School, specializing in pastry chef. Married, has one child. Does not officially work. Sentenced by the Volga District Military Court to 17 years in a strict regime penal colony under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") in connection with participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia. In custody since May 19, 2015.