Aibulat Nigamatov
Aibulat Nigamatov, born 1992, 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 five more residents of Bashkortostan”. Sentence (November 20, 2025): 4 years 9 months' imprisonment in a genera regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 6, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 14, 2025.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast, Bashkortostan · Orsk, Ufa · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years 9 months
imprisonment in a genera regime colony
First instance, February 26, 2025: 5 years
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
November 20, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan
Criminal case
The case of five more residents of Bashkortostan
- Case number
- 1-17/2025 (1-225/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Aitugan Abdullin — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Murat Bikbulatov — Imprisoned, 4 years 9 months
- Denis Ikbaev — At large, 5 years
- Ilmir Ryskulov — Imprisoned, 4 years 9 months
Thematic group: Baymak case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
614056, Пермский край, г. Пермь, ул. Соликамская, д. 246, ФКУ «ИК № 29 ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю», Нигаматов Айбулат Яныбаевич, 1992 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Khaibullinsky district of Bashkortostan. On 11 February 2024, he was detained at work and then taken to Baymak, where the next day he was arrested for seven days under an administrative article on participation in an uncoordinated event that interfered with infrastructure (part 6.1 of article 20.2 of the CAO) in connection with a public gathering in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. On 14 February, the man was taken to Ufa, where he was taken into custody as part of a criminal case for participation in mass riots in connection with the same public gathering. On 26 February 2025, Nigamatov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. In June, the sentence was reduced by three months on appeal.
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.