Kirov region

The story of a former prisoner of the Kirov’s colony, in which Azat Miftakhov was held: what kind of provocations the prison guards were staging against the anarchist and how the case was fabricated against him

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At the end of March 2024, the mathematician and anarchist Azat Miftakhov was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a criminal case for “justifying terrorism”. Miftakhov pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. The case itself emerged after a prisoner, whom the anarchist considered a close friend in the colony, testified against the mathematician. The defence and Azat himself have repeatedly stated that the case is fabricated.

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