Rustam Rustamov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence, Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-03-04
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 27 September 2018
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Case summary
Rustam Rustamov was detained on 15 March 2018 and placed under house arrest the next day. He pleaded guilty and entered into an agreement with the investigation. On 5 March 2019, he was sentenced to two years suspended sentence with restriction of freedom for six months and probation for two and a half years.
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