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Ziyattinov Niyaz Refkatevich

Date of birth: April 21, 1987 (39 years old)
citizenship: Россия
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.5 ч. 2 ; 205.1 ч. 1
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  12 лет лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  January 20, 2020
Current location:  Penal Colony No. 26, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Samara Oblast

Ziyattinov Niyaz Refkatevich, born April 21, 1987 in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. At the time of his arrest, he lived in the same city. He has a higher education and does not have a permanent job. He is married and has a son born in 2018. He is a Muslim.

Sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation") and Part 1 of Article 205.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Assistance to terrorist activity") in connection with his participation in the activities of the international religious and political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami, which is recognised in Russia as a terrorist organisation.

In custody since April 25, 2018.