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Rustem Shaidullin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Rustem Shaidullin, Kirov Oblast. Charges: Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion). Sentence (May 30, 2016): 230 hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large.

In brief

Kirov Oblast · Sosnovka

Sentence

230 hours of compulsory labour

Verdict May 30, 2016

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

In order to offend the feelings of Christians, he travelled with Kazantsev from the town of Sosnovka to the village of Staraya Malinovka and hung an effigy on the worship cross, using trousers, a jacket, ropes, a hat, a mask and self-tapping screws, as well as dry grass, to make it

Latest event

May 31, 2016 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Persecution begins

    Сase of the effigy on the cross

Criminal case

Сase of the effigy on the cross

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

In September 2015, together with Konstantin Kazantsev, he hung an effigy with an insulting inscription on the worship cross. Charged with insulting the religious feelings. Sentenced to 230 hours of compulsory labour.

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