Shafkat Ulmasbaev
Shafkat Ulmasbaev, born 1983, Bashkortostan. 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); “Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case”. Sentence (March 27, 2025): 7 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 25, 2024; 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
Bashkortostan, Samara Oblast · Tolyatti, Ufa · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
7 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld November 14, 2025
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 14, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 14, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case
Criminal case
Aitugan Kitikov, Fidan Ismagilov, Shafkat Ulmasbaev and one more Bashkortostan resident's case
- Case number
- 1-90/2025 (1-992/2024;)
Other defendants in the case
- Fidan Ismagilov — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Aitugan Kitikov — Imprisoned, 7 years
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», Ульмасбаев Шафкат Талгатович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Bashkortostan. Late in the evening of 23 January 2024, he was detained in Sibai. The following day, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest under the charge of disobeying lawful orders from a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a public gathering that took place in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Later - presumably on 25 January - Ulmasbayev was taken into custody in connection with a criminal case on mass riots initiated in relation to the gathering. On 27 March 2025, Shafkat was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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