Nariman Ablyazov
- Criminal Code
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-08-05
- Region
- Occupied territory of Khersonska oblast
- City
- NULL
Case summary
Resident of Genichesk (Kherson region of Ukraine). He was engaged in hotel business, owned a construction shop. Head of the representative office of the public organisation "Zemlyachestvo of Crimean Tatars". He supported Crimean Tatars who left Crimea after the occupation and organised a campaign for the release of Edem Bekirov, who was accused in the Russian Federation of manufacturing and storing explosives.
In April 2022, Ablyazov's wife was kidnapped and held for some time in the basement of Genichesk's 17th school. She was later released. On 4 September 2023, Ablyazov himself was detained. He was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group in connection with his involvement in the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelibidzhikhan. On 6 August 2024, Ablyazov was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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