Maksim Bozhko
Maksim Bozhko, born 1988. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “Maksim Bozhko's case of participation in actions of a terrorist community”. Sentence (January 27, 2026): 19 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 20, 2026; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
19 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Latest event
March 20, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Maksim Bozhko's case of participation in actions of a terrorist community
- Case number
- 1-395/2026 (1-1345/2025;)
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
344022 г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Максима Горького, 219, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Ростовской области, Божко Максим Александрович, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A Ukrainian serviceman, a resident of Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine. He was captured in May 2022 (according to other sources, no later than March 2022). A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community due to his involvement in the activities of the Azov Battalion. In December 2025, the case went to court. On 27 January 2026, Bozhko was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.