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Sayfilla Hakimov

Sayfilla Hakimov

Saint Petersburg

47 yr old (born in 07.07.1978)

Address: 658209, ул. Тракторная д. 26 А, Алтайский Край, г. Рубцовск, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Алтайскому краю», Хакимов Сайфилла Вахитович, 1978 г.р.

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Citizen of Saint-Petersbourg. Detained on 6 April 2017. Taken into custody for alleged participation in the terrorist attack in the city's metro on 3 April 2017 - and without sufficient evidence, as posited by human rights activists. At first, he was being held at a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, then transferred to Moscow; in April 2019, he was taken to St. Petersburg like the other defendants.

On 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 19 years in a high security prison. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by a month.

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Address: 658209, ул. Тракторная д. 26 А, Алтайский Край, г. Рубцовск, ФКУ «ИК № 10 УФСИН России по Алтайскому краю», Хакимов Сайфилла Вахитович, 1978 г.р.

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