Mahamadimin Saliev
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2015-08-13
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Case summary
Detained during searches of apartments and dormitories by officers of the FSB, the Centre for Countering Extremism, the Grad special unit and the OMON; taken into custody; placed on the list of terrorists and extremists; entered into an agreement with the investigation; sentenced to 5 years in a strict regime colony on 14 August
He was released in June 2019.
Others charged under Article 205.5 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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