Azat Mirzin
Azat Mirzin, born 1982, 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); “The case of Viliur Karachurin, Aitugan Malabaev, Azat Mirzin, Danis Uzianbaev, Fatikh Akhmetshin and Vener Iaubasarov”. Sentence (February 7, 2025): 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Bashkortostan, Udmurtia · Izhevsk, Ufa · Law enforcement officers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld November 18, 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
February 13, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· 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
· 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
The case of Viliur Karachurin, Aitugan Malabaev, Azat Mirzin, Danis Uzianbaev, Fatikh Akhmetshin and Vener Iaubasarov
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Viliur Karachurin, Aitugan Malabaev, Azat Mirzin, Danis Uzianbaev, Fatikh Akhmetshin and Vener Iaubasarov
- Case number
- 1-380/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Fatikh Akhmetshin — Imprisoned, 4 years 6 months
- Viliur Karachurin — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Aitugan Malabaev — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Danis Uzianbaev — Imprisoned, 4 years 6 months
- Vener Yaubasarov — Imprisoned, 4 years 6 months
Thematic group: Baymak case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Place of detention
- Correctional centre No. 1, Bashkortostan
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.