Maksim Bozhko
Maksim Bozhko, born 1999. 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”. Sentenced on January 16, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 15, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 19, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 18, 2025.
In brief
Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
Imprisonment (strict regime)
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
Full wording of the charges
The reason to open the case was that Bozhko took part in combat operations as part of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 3057), which includes, among other things, the Azov special forces unit.
Latest event
June 18, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 18, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Maksim Bozhko's case
Thematic group: Second case of four servicemen of the Azov Brigade
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 19, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
664528 Иркутская область, Иркутский район, рабочий поселок Марково, а/я 81, ИК-19, ФКУ «ИК № 19 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Божко Максим Русланович, 1999 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian serviceman. A case was opened against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist community and undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities due to his involvement in the Azov battalion. On January 16, 2025, Bozhko was sentenced to imprisonment; details are unknown.
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.