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Zagiev Azat Ilgizovich

Date of birth: July 21, 1990 (35 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Sentence:  13 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  April 26, 2019
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 11, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Zagiev Azat Ilgizovich, born July 21, 1990, lived in Almetyevsk, Republic of Tatarstan, has higher education, has a young child, is married, and did not officially work. Sentenced under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
In custody since October 17, 2017.