Aitugan Abdullin
Aitugan Abdullin, born 1998, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan”. Sentence (February 26, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast, Bashkortostan · Orsk, Ufa · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld November 20, 2025
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Latest event
November 20, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan
- Case number
- 1-17/2025 (1-225/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Murat Bikbulatov — Imprisoned, 4 years 9 months
- Denis Ikbaev — At large, 5 years
- Aibulat Nigamatov — Imprisoned, 4 years 9 months
- Ilmir Ryskulov — Imprisoned, 4 years 9 months
Thematic group: Baymak case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
614056, Пермский край, г. Пермь, ул. Соликамская, д. 246, ФКУ «ИК № 29 ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю», Абдуллин Айтуган Гареевич, 1998 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Bashkortostan. He was taken into custody on charges of participation and organisation of mass disorder and use of violence against a representative of the authorities in connection with the dispersal of a people's gathering in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of activist Fail Alsynov, sentenced to four years in prison. On 26 February 2025, Abdullin was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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