Ildar Gabdrakipov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesExtremism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-02-21
- Region
- Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
- City
- Nizhnevartovsk
Case summary
On 13 April 2016, he was detained after being summoned for questioning (where he arrived with his mother, who was later released) along with two other people; accused of involvement in a terrorist organisation and incitement of hatred. On 22 February 2017, was given five years of conditional imprisonment and released from custody. On 27 July, the Supreme Court replaced the conditional sentence with jail time in response to the Prosecutor's Office request for a harsher punishment. Gabdrakipov did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. He has been put on the international wanted list.
Others charged under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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