Mahmud Velitov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-04-27
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 107076, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Велитов Махмуд Абдулхакович, 1951 г.р.
Case summary
On 11 July 2016, Velitov was stopped by a traffic police officer and offered to go to his car, where a man in civilian clothes was sitting, who told Velitov that skinheads were preparing an assassination attempt on him and he should not go home. Velitov followed the stranger and ended up in the criminal investigation building, where he was charged with calling for terrorism using the Internet or mass media. He was placed under house arrest. On 12 February 2017, at the end of the investigation, he was released on his own recognisance. Velitov was placed under house arrest. On 21 February 2017, at the end of the investigation, he was released on his own recognisance, mitigating the charge (justification of terrorism without using the internet or media). On 28 April 2017, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.
On 13 July 2017, the lawyer reported that Velitov was hospitalised in the hospital at the pre-trial detention centre with heart complaints.
On 1 August 2017, the appeal court upheld the sentence.
In September 2019, Velitov was released from prison.
Others charged under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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