Valliam Mutallapov
Valliam Mutallapov, born 1995, Orenburg Oblast. 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 Zakii Iliasov, Valliam Mutallapov and two other residents of Bashkortostan”. Sentence (March 19, 2025): 3 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large with restrictions. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast, Bashkortostan · Orenburg, Ufa · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 3 months
3 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld May 4, 2026
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
May 4, 2026 — court ruling
The court issued a ruling.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Court ruling
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 3 months
· 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: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of Zakii Iliasov, Valliam Mutallapov and two other residents of Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of Zakii Iliasov, Valliam Mutallapov and two other residents of Bashkortostan
- Case number
- 1-513/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Zakii Iliasov — At large with restrictions, 3 years 4 months
Thematic group: Baymak case
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a resident of the Baimaksky district of Bashkortostan. On 9 February 2024, he was detained and presumably arrested under the administrative article on participation in an unauthorised rally that interfered with the functioning of infrastructure (Part 6.1 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). The next day, Mutallapov was transported to Ufa where he was taken into custody. He was said to have been charged with participating in mass riots in connection with the citizen assembly in Baymak on 17 January 2024 in support of the activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years of imprisonment. Later, he was also charged with using violence against a representative of the authorities. On 19 March 2025, Mutallapov was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.