Umutbai Davletberdin
Umutbai Davletberdin is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:
- the end of imprisonment is recorded as August 24, 2026.
Umutbai Davletberdin, born 1964, 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 Umutbai Davletberdin and four other Bashkortostan residents”. Sentence (October 21, 2025): 3 years 7 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 27, 2025.
In brief
Bashkortostan, Samara Oblast · Tolyatti, Ufa · Drivers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 7 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld February 25, 2026
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
According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots that allegedly took place in Baymak on 17 January 2024 and threw a snowball that hit a Special Police Force officer’s helmet.
Latest event
February 25, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 27, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Samara Oblast
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 7 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 Umutbai Davletberdin and four other Bashkortostan residents
Criminal case
The case of Umutbai Davletberdin and four other Bashkortostan residents
- Case number
- 1-1057/2024
Thematic group: Baymak case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Khaibullinsky district of Bashkortostan. Detained on 5 February 2024 at his sister's house. According to his son, the law enforcers searched for Davletberdin for two days before that, visiting his relatives and acquaintances and conducting searches. On 6 February, he was taken into custody as part of a mass riots case brought in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Davletberdin's son sent a certificate of tuberculosis disease to the appointed lawyer. For the last two years Davletberdin has been treated for the disease, now he needs to undergo X-rays and prophylaxis every six months.
On 21 October 2025, the court sentenced him to three years and seven months in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.