Bashkir oppositionist Airat Dilmukhametov was sentenced to nine years in a maximum security colony

The Central District Military Court at an off-site meeting in Samara sentenced Bashkir public and political figure Airat Dilmukhametov to nine years in prison in a strict regime colony. this on his telegram channel. reports Pavel Chikov, head of the international human rights group Agora,

Dilmukhametov was found guilty under articles on financing extremist activities (part 1 of article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) and calls for it (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), under the article on justifying terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and on two counts under the article on calls for separatism (part 2 of article 280.1 of the Criminal Code).

The court also imposed an additional punishment on the oppositionist: Dilmukhametov cannot administer websites for three years. The prosecutor's office in the debate asked to sentence him to 12 years in prison with a ban on administering websites for five years.

Dilmukhametov was defended by Vladimir Krasikov, a lawyer cooperating with Agora. Chikov notes in his Telegram channel that the defense will appeal against the politician's verdict.

• The case of calls for separatism against Airat Dilmukhametov was initiated in October 2019: on the Echo of Moscow in Ufa radio, a year and a half earlier, he spoke about his intention to create the Fourth Bashkir Republic. against the oppositionist In April, a case was also opened under the article on calls for extremism (part 1 of article 280 of the Criminal Code) allegedly because of the statement about Chechens and under the article on calls for terrorism on the Internet (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because video on Youtube about defendants in the Ufa case of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
• In January 2020, was initiated another criminal case against Airat Dilmukhametov: under the article on the financing of extremist activities (part 1 of article 282.3 of the Criminal Code) due to the publication on VKontakte. The details of Dilmukhametov's mother's card were contained at the end of the post.
• In 2015, Dilmukhametov was sentenced to three years in a strict regime colony on charges of “publicly justifying terrorism” (part 1 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) for an article – a religious and political treatise using verses from the Koran. He was released in 2017.
• In 2011, in connection with the publications of 2008, Dilmukhametov was convicted on charges of public calls for extremist (Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and terrorist activities (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code), as well as inciting ethnic hatred (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). He spent two years in prison.