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Zeytullaev Ruslan Borisovich

Преследуемый по политическим мотивам

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Zeytullaev Ruslan Borisovich

Date of birth: June 15, 1985 (40 years old)
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 1
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:  April 26, 2017
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Bashkortostan

Zeytullaev Ruslan Borisovich, born June 15, 1985 in Tashkent, lived in Sevastopol before his arrest. Married, has three daughters. Incomplete secondary education, not officially employed, worked as a builder.

Accused under Part 1 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organising activities of a terrorist organisation") of membership in the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, banned in the Russian Federation, which, even according to the investigation, did not participate in violent actions. On April 26, 2017, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony. On July 27, 2017, his prison term was increased to 15 years in a strict regime penal colony.

He has been in custody since January 23, 2015.