Ilnar Asylguzhin
Ilnar Asylguzhin, born 1994, Bashkortostan. 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 Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents”. Sentence (November 18, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 8, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 15, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Bashkortostan, Udmurtia · Izhevsk, Ufa · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
First instance, December 24, 2024: 8 years 6 months
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
Full wording of the charges
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Latest event
November 18, 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 · 8 years 6 months
· 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
· Persecution begins
The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Ilnar Asylguzhin and four other Bashkortostan residents
- Case number
- 1-327/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Fanur Khazhin — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: Baymak case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 15, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
628606, Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ – Югра, г. Нижневартовск, поселок Северный, ФКУ «ИК № 15 УФСИН по ХМАО», Асылгужин Ильнар Зульфатович, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Born in Bashkortostan, lived in Surgut. For some time he was on the wanted list. He was detained on 8 February 2024 in Surgut on the case of mass riots in connection with the mass gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Asylguzhin was taken to Ufa, where he was placed in custody. On 24 December 2024, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a general regime colony. On 6 May 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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