The courts released from prison two more people convicted in the “Baymak case” - Ilfat Ishmuratov and Buranbay Abushakhmin

The courts have already made at least 17 decisions on the release of convicted ordinary defendants in the “Baymak case” from colonies.

On June 9, the Tagilstroevsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil granted the petition of 34-year-old convict in the “Baymak case” Ilfat Ishmuratov to replace his prison sentence with forced labor. Idel.Realii found the relevant information on the court’s website.

Ishmuratov served his sentence in general regime correctional colony No. 13 in Nizhny Tagil (previously called the “Red Duck”, it mainly housed former law enforcement officers).

According to human rights activists, Ishmuratov was born on September 4, 1991 and lived in the village of Meryasovo, Baymaksky district of Bashkortostan. He worked as an installer at the Gazprom branch in Sibay, and also assembled furniture. He has three young children.

"Idel.Realities" in July 2024 told the story of Ishmuratov. He was detained on January 28, 2024. The next day, the Baymaksky District Court found him guilty of disobeying a lawful demand of a police officer (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) and arrested him for ten days.

The materials of the “Baymak case” stated that he “used violence against an employee of the Department of the National Guard for the Republic of Belarus Usmanov A.M.”

In December 2024, judge of the Central District Court of Tolyatti Tatyana Begunova found Ishmuratov guilty of “participation in mass riots” (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and “use of violence not dangerous to life and health against a representative of the authorities” (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in a general regime colony.

As follows from the file of the Tagilstroevsky District Court, Ishmuratov also sent a request for parole from the colony, but the proceedings in this case were discontinued.

On January 17, 2024, Judge Elina Tagirova of the Baimaksky District Court of Bashkortostan found Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov guilty under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ( “Inciting hatred or enmity” ) and sentenced him to four years in prison in a general regime colony. The state prosecution requested the same four years for the activist, but in a colony settlement.

Several thousand Alsynov's supporters came to the announcement of the verdict and greeted the court's decision with indignation. In the square in front of the courthouse, clashes occurred with security forces, who pelted protesters with tear gas grenades and beat them with batons. Protesters responded by throwing snow at the police. As a result, the security forces managed to take Alsynov out of the courthouse only after significant reinforcements arrived.

After the protests in Baymak, the Investigative Committee opened criminal cases under two articles: organizing and participating in mass riots (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as the use of violence against a government official (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). About 80 people were involved in these cases.

In addition, on June 10, the Motovilikha District Court of Perm granted the petition of 24-year-old Buranbai Abushakhmin, convicted in the “Baymak case,” to replace his prison sentence with a more lenient sentence. What exactly is unknown.

Abushakhmin served his sentence in general regime correctional colony No. 29 in Perm, where many convicts in the “Baymak case” are kept , as well as Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov .

"Idel.Realii" in January 2025 told the story of Abushakhmin. He was born on January 10, 1991 and, according to human rights activists, also lived in the village of Meryasovo, Baymaksky district of Bashkortostan. He was a horse trainer and also worked part-time as a taxi driver.

Security forces detained Abushakhmin on January 25, 2024. On December 23, 2025, judge of the Industrial District Court of Izhevsk Alexey Shnit found him guilty of “participation in mass riots” and “use of violence not dangerous to life and health against a representative of the authorities” and sentenced him to four years and two months in prison.

Earlier, “Idel.Realii” wrote that as of the beginning of May, courts in the Perm Territory and Sverdlovsk Region granted at least 15 requests from those convicted in the “Baymak case” to replace their imprisonment with more lenient punishments.

In addition, “Idel.Realii” reported that on May 27, the Tagilstroevsky District Court granted Vilyur Karachurin’s request for parole, and on June 2 replaced Zakira Kulmukhametov’s colony on a milder form of punishment.

Thus, according to the calculations of Idel.Realii, the courts have already made at least 17 decisions on the release of convicted ordinary defendants in the Baymak case from colonies.

According to Idel.Realii, during 2024-2025, the courts of first instance convicted 68 protesters in Baymak. 66 of them were sentenced to terms ranging from 3 years and 3 months to 7.5 years in prison (taking into account the consideration of their complaints in the appellate courts).
For one convicted person, Minziye Adigamova, the court deferred the execution of her sentence (four years in prison) until her children reach the age of 14. The court sentenced another participant in the Baymak events (her name is not given) to compulsory outpatient treatment with a psychiatrist, finding her guilty of “calls for mass riots” (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
As of January 2026, the human rights project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial” recognized 64 convicts in the “Baymak case” as political prisoners.

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