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Bakhrom Ergashev

ImprisonedChecked against the source: September 5, 2026, 6:09 AM
Criminal Code
Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222.1 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 223.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Case category
Terrorism cases
Verdict
Imprisonment (strict regime)
Sentence
18 years 11 months
Date of verdict
2019-12-09
Region
Saint Petersburg
City
Saint Petersburg
Facility
ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия»
Address for letters
670042, г.Улан-Удэ, Спиртзаводской тракт, 4 км, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Эргашев Бахром Хасилович, 1978 г.р.

Case summary

Resident of St. Petersburg. Detained on 6 April 2017. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017, as human rights activists believe, without grounds. First held in a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, then transferred to Moscow, in April 2019 he, like the other defendants, was taken to St. Petersburg.

On 10 December, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month.

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