Ruslan Zainullin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 15 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-02-20
- Region
- Bashkortostan
- City
- Ufa
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тверской области»
- Address for letters
- 170017, Тверская область, г. Тверь, пос. Большие Перемерки д. 18, ФКУ «ИК № 1 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Зайнуллин Руслан Александрович, 1990 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of Ufa. On 6 April 2011, detained on charges of involvement in an extremist organisation in connection with alleged involvement in the activities of the Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, released under recognizance not to leave. In February 2012, he was given a suspended sentence.
In February 2017, he was detained and later arrested in a case of involvement in a terrorist organisation, also in connection with Hizb ut-Tahrir. On 21 February 2019, sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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