Valliam Mutallapov
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Restriction of liberty
- Date of verdict
- 2025-03-19
- Region
- Orenburg OblastBashkortostan
- City
- Orenburg, Ufa
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 14 August 2025
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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