Matlyuba Nasimova
- Criminal Code
- Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 223 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 11 years
- Date of verdict
- 2016-04-21
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Resident of Moscow. Late in the evening of 26 November 2013, detained as a result of a raid on the flat she lived in and rented out as a hostel, together with twelve guests. Accused of preparing a terrorist attack on the Kirgizia cinema.
Human rights activists believe that there is no convincing evidence of her involvement in the crime; in their opinion, the persecution was part of a campaign to pressure Muslims.
On 22 April 2016, she was sentenced to 11 years in a general regime penal colony.
Presumably, she was released in November 2024.
Others charged under Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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