Appaz Kurtamatov (Kurtamet)
- Criminal Code
- Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 7 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-04-20
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Псковской области»
- Address for letters
- 182277, Россия, Псковская область, Себежский район, пос. Сосновый Бор, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Псковской области», Куртаматов Аппаз Халилович, 2002 г.р.
Case summary
Citizen of Ukraine, resident of the village of Novoalekseevka, Genicheskiy district, Kherson region of Ukraine. Son of the head of the Muslim community of the Novoalekseevka mosque Khalil Kurtamet, formerly a student of the Islamic college "Imam Khatib".
On 23 July 2022, he was detained in the annexed Crimea, and only got in touch with his relatives on 5 October 2022. On 10 October 2022, he was sent to pre-trial detention on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation: according to the investigation, he financed the activities of the 'Islamic Battalion "Crimea"', created to participate in hostilities on the side of Ukraine. Khalil Kurtamet, Appaz's father, was detained on 7 November 2023 on charges of participation in another Crimean armed formation.
On 20 April 2023, Kurtamatov was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison.
Others charged under Article 208 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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