Rafis Kashapov
Rafis Rafailovych Kashapov (Tatar: Кашапов Рәфис Рафаил улы, Russian: Рафис Рафаилович Кашапов) is a Tatar politician and dissident serving as the vice-prime minister of the self-declared Tatar government-in-exile. Kashapov is a leader and speaker at the Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum. Biography Kashapov was born on July 2, 1958, in Tımıtıq, Aznakayevsky District, Tatar ASSR of the USSR. His brother is Nafis Kashapov, also a Tatar political activist who received asylum in Poland. Rafis Kashapov was first convicted in 1981, serving two years in prison for theft of state property. In 1987, he served a year in prison for threatening a public official, and two years in prison in 1988 for "underreporting of crimes." Following the collapse of the USSR, Kashapov became a successful philanthropist and businessman in Tatarstan. He helped build mosques in the region, madrasas, and supported the proilferation of Tatar culture. The Federa ...
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