Maxim Chishkovsky
Maxim Chishkovsky, born 1980, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); “Maxim Chishkovsky’s case of setting fire to a military recruitment office”. Sentence (June 28, 2023): 11 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 30, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 33, Primorsky Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 28, 2024.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Construction workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld September 12, 2024
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
Full wording of the charges
The grounds for initiating the case was arson of a military recruitment centre in Vladivostok committed in September 2022.
Latest event
September 12, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 28, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Maxim Chishkovsky’s case of setting fire to a military recruitment office
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 33, Primorsky Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
692239, Приморский край, Спасский р-н, ж/д Старый Ключ, ул. Раздольная, 4 А, ФКУ «ИК № 33 ГУФСИН по Приморскому краю», Чишковский Максим Сергеевич, 1980 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Vladivostok. By his own admission, in September 2022, he threw a Molotov cocktail to the window of a military recruitment office. He calls it a manifestation of his civil position. On 29 June 2023, Chishkovsky was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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