Azat Mirzin
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 4 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-02-07
- Region
- BashkortostanUdmurtia
- City
- Izhevsk, Ufa
- Facility
- ФКУ ИЦ-1 УФСИН России по Республике Башкортостан
- Address for letters
- 453118, Республика Башкортостан, Стерлитамак, Раевский тракт, д. 6, ФКУ ИЦ-1 УФСИН России по Республике Башкортостан, Мирзин Азат Саматович, 1982 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 14 August 2025
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Case summary
Resident of the village of Mullakaevo (Bashkortostan). Detained at his home in the evening of 18 January 2024. On 20 January, the court sent him to custody on charges of organising mass riots and using violence against a representative of the authorities because of a popular gathering in Baymak on 17 January, the day of the sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov. On 7 February 2025, he was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony.
In January 2026, the remainder of Mirzin's sentence was commuted to a more lenient punishment. According to activists, he was assigned forced labour, and in February he was transferred to the correctional centre in Sterlitamak.
Others charged under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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