The imam of the Yardy mosque was sentenced in Moscow

The Moscow military court sentenced Makhmud Velitov , the imam of the Yardyam mosque in Moscow, to 3 years in a penal colony.

April 28, 2017 Moscow the military court passed a verdict against Mahmud Velitov . Imam of Moscow mosque "Yardyam" the court found guilty under part 1 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public justification of terrorism) and sentenced to 3 years in a penal colony.

According to investigators, on September 23, 2013, Imam Velitov in the mosque publicly delivered a speech justifying the activities of Abdullah Gappaev, shot in Kizlyar in 2013 and probably involved in activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Psychological-linguistic examination showed that that speech “contains a combination of signs of justifying a terrorist activities".

On October 11, 2018, the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan refused to satisfy the petition of M. Velitov to replace the unserved part of the punishment with a fine.

On December 13, 2018, the Astrakhan Regional Court also refused to replace the unserved part of the sentence with a fine.

On February 20, 2019, the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan again refused to replace the unserved part of the punishment with a fine.

April 5, 2019 Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan once again times refused to replace the unserved part of the punishment with a fine.

September 13, 2019 Velitov, having served his sentence, was released from prison.

Sources

• Military court sentences Moscow mosque imam Velitov to three years in prison for extremism // TASS. 2017. April 28.
• Case card No. 4/5-80/2018 // Website of the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan. 2018.
• Case card No. 22-2794/2018 // Website of the Astrakhan Regional Court. 2018.
• Case card No. 4/5-24/2019 // Website of the Trusovsky District Court of Astrakhan. 2019.
• Imam Velitov, Convicted for Justifying Terrorism, Released from Prison in Astrakhan //
• // Interfax-religion. 2019. September 13.