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Shafkat Ulmasbaev

Shafkat Ulmasbaev

Ufa, Tolyatti

42 yr old (born in 15.10.1983)

Address: 445023, Самарская область, г. Тольятти, Хрящевское шоссе, д. 3, ФКУ СИЗО-4 УФСИН России по Самарской области, Ульмасбаев Шафкат Талгатович, 1983 г.р.

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A resident of Bashkortostan. Late in the evening of 23 January 2024, he was detained in Sibai. The following day, he was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest under the charge of disobeying lawful orders from a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a public gathering that took place in Baymak on 17 January in support of activist Fail Alsynov, who was sentenced to four years in prison. Later - presumably on 25 January - Ulmasbayev was taken into custody in connection with a criminal case on mass riots initiated in relation to the gathering. On 27 March 2025, Shafkat was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime penal colony.

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Address: 445023, Самарская область, г. Тольятти, Хрящевское шоссе, д. 3, ФКУ СИЗО-4 УФСИН России по Самарской области, Ульмасбаев Шафкат Талгатович, 1983 г.р.

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