The son of a Tatarstan Supreme Court judge was sent to a penal colony in a case on “fakes” and jus...

The son of a Tatarstan Supreme Court judge was sent to a penal colony in a case on “fakes” and the justification of terrorism

Marat Gilmanov was sentenced to 6 years in a general-regime penal colony under articles on military “fakes,” calls for extremism, and the justification of terrorism. OVD-Info was told this by the court.

Gilmanov was also banned from administering websites and channels on the internet for three years.

What Marat Gilmanov was accused of

🟧 It is not known exactly which statements Gilmanov was tried over. AiF Kazan wrote that the charge of justifying terrorism was brought over comments about Russian soldiers, missile strikes, the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, and the war in Ukraine.

🟧 At the same time, Business Online indicated that this charge was prompted by a comment about Russian military personnel under a post about peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.

🟧 The two other charges were brought over comments on social media, but their content is unknown.

🟧 Izvestia wrote that since 2022 Gilmanov had published “comments of a radical nature” in pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels, as well as articles justifying the drone attack on Crimea in August 2023. Whether they were included in the charges is unclear.

What Gilmanov’s father is known for

After the man’s detention and arrest in December 2024, Tatarstan media reported that his father was Radik Gilmanov, chairman of the republic’s Judicial Qualifications Board. He was elected to that position in 2017.

Roman Davydov is now listed as the board’s chairman. Since December 18, 2024, the board’s sessions have been held under his chairmanship, although earlier they were conducted by Gilmanov and no resignation from that position had been reported.

Radik Gilmanov remains a judge of the Tatarstan Supreme Court. He hears civil cases.

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The son of a Tatarstan Supreme Court judge was sent to a penal colony in a case on “fakes” and the justification of terrorism

The Central District Military Court sentenced Marat Gilmanov to six years in a general-regime penal colony on charges of spreading “fakes” about the Russian army (paragraph “d,” part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code), calls for extremism (part 2, article 280 of the Criminal Code), and justifying terrorism (part 2…