Zafar Agamamedov
Biography
Resident of the Irkutsk region. On 31 January 2025, he was detained in a case of incitement to terrorism because of a comment in Telegram. On the same day he was taken into custody.
Agamamedov was then charged with incitement to extremism, as well as illegal possession and cultivation of plants containing narcotic drugs. The prosecutor's office claims that the man called for violence against representatives of the authorities, including police officers, as well as grew 25 cannabis bushes in his garage and stored at least 212 grammes of cannabis there for personal use. Agamamedov pleaded guilty only to the cannabis-related
Resident of the Irkutsk region. On 31 January 2025, he was detained in a case of incitement to terrorism because of a comment in Telegram. On the same day he was taken into custody.
Agamamedov was then charged with incitement to extremism, as well as illegal possession and cultivation of plants containing narcotic drugs. The prosecutor's office claims that the man called for violence against representatives of the authorities, including police officers, as well as grew 25 cannabis bushes in his garage and stored at least 212 grammes of cannabis there for personal use. Agamamedov pleaded guilty only to the cannabis-related episodes.
On 11 September 2025, the court sentenced him to eight years in a strict regime colony.
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