Murat Baltabaev
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 1 year 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-01-13
- Region
- Omsk Oblast
- City
- Omsk
Case summary
He was detained in the spring of 2021 as part of a group of 11 people. Four other detainees then became witnesses in the case, the rest - citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan - were deported from Russia under court decisions.
On 13 January 2022, the Kirovsky District Court of Omsk found Sultan Dyusekenov, Abdimomun Mamytov and Murat Baltabaev guilty. All of them were sentenced to a fine of between 20,000 and 90,000 roubles.
On 30 March, the Omsk Regional Court considered the prosecutor's appeal and toughened the sentence. Baltabaev was given a year and a half suspended sentence with additional punishments in the form of a three-year ban on participation in the work of public organisations and restriction of freedom for eight months.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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