Maxim Puigin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 11 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-12-10
- Region
- Bashkortostan
- City
- Salavat
- Facility
- ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области»
- Address for letters
- 433513, ул. Калугина д. 66, Ульяновская область, г. Димитровград, ФКУ «Тюрьма УФСИН Ульяновской области», Пуйгин Максим Викторович, 1988 г.р.
Case summary
Arrested in September 2016 on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organisation due to his alleged involvement in the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has no connection to terrorism. On 11 December 2017, he was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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