Fazyl Valiakhmetov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2026-04-28
- Region
- Tatarstan
- City
- NULL, Kazan
- Address for letters
- 620019 Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Репина, 4, ФКУ СИЗО-1 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Валиахметов Фазыл Абдуллович, 1955 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of Tatarstan, veteran of the national movement, local historian, journalist, ran a museum-library of the repressed Tatar public activist, historian-turkologist Hadi Atlasi. A case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism and discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. On 5, December, 2024, he was taken into custody. The Telegram channel of the Government of Independent Tatarstan in Exile claims that the reason for the case was anti-war publications on the Internet.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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