Albert Bayazitov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Mandatory community service
- Date of verdict
- 2016-10-09
- Region
- Sverdlovsk Oblast
- City
- Yekaterinburg
Case summary
In 2014, literature recognised as extremist was seized from the Ramazan mosque. Mufti Ravil Mamleyev was fined under Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences (distribution of extremist materials), and Bayazitov was issued a warning against violating the law. On 10 October 2016, Bayazitov was sentenced to 360 hours of compulsory labour with deprivation of the right to preach for three years in a case of incitement to hatred. On 3 March 2017, the appeal court acquitted Bayazitov.
Others charged under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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