Four residents of Bashkortostan received sentences for preparing to seize power

Residents of Bashkortostan Aidar Garifyanov, Evgeny Kulagin, Rasim Sataev and Aleksey Khamadeev were sentenced to various terms in a strict regime colony for preparing to seize power by force. Kulagin received seven years in prison, Sataev - six and a half, Garifyanov and Khamadeev - six each, reports . Interfax

According to the Human Rights Center "Memorial", the accusation is based mainly on the examination of the texts of the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir" banned in Russia (all four were also accused of participating in the activities of a terrorist organization), no data on the possession of weapons or plans to there was no takeover. The organization recognized all four as political prisoners.