Kanan Karimov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Sentence unknown
- Date of verdict
- 2018-12-06
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- City
- Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Case summary
He was detained on June 28th, 2017. On December 7th, 2018, the Orekhovo-Zuyevsky City Court of Moscow Region found Karimov guilty of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years and two months' inprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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