Aitugan Kitikov
Aitugan Kitikov, born 1999, 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); “Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case”. Sentence (March 27, 2025): 7 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 25, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 10, Samara Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Bashkortostan, Samara Oblast · Tolyatti, Ufa · Construction workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
7 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld November 14, 2025
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
Latest event
January 23, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· 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
Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case
Criminal case
Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case
- Case number
- 1-90/2025 (1-992/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Fidan Ismagilov — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Shafkat Ulmasbaev — Imprisoned, 7 years 6 months
Thematic group: Baymak case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 10, Samara Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
446394, пос. Волжский, ул. Заводская д. 46, Самарская область, Красноярский район, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Самарской области», Китиков Айтуган Зимфирович, 1999 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Kucharginsky district of Bashkortostan. On 24 January 2024, he was detained and the next day taken into custody in the case of participation in mass riots in connection with the popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 27 March 2025, Kitikov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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