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Maxim Durnykin

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Maxim Durnykin, born 1982, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempted terrorist attack); “Maxim Durnykin's case on attempts to set fire to the military enlistment office and the Balakhna city hall”. Sentence (August 9, 2023): 7 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 17, 2023.

In brief

Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Nizhny Novgorod · Terrorism cases

Sentence

7 years

imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony

Verdict August 9, 2023

Upheld May 22, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he tried to set fire to the military recruitment centre and the Balakhna town administration building.

Latest event

May 22, 2024 — cassation

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  2. · Imprisonment begins

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 7 years

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

Maxim Durnykin's case on attempts to set fire to the military enlistment office and the Balakhna city hall

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A resident of Balakhna (Nizhny Novgorod Region). He was detained and sent to custody on charges of attempting to set fire to a military recruitment centre and the town hall building in September 2022. A case of attempted terrorist attack was opened. On 9 August 2023, Durnykin was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime penal colony.

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