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Maxim Efimov

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Maxim Efimov, Karelia. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Maksim Efimov's case”. Status: location unknown.

In brief

Karelia · Petrozavodsk · Human rights defenders · Extremism cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

published an article containing information aimed at humiliating the dignity of a person or a group of people on the grounds of attitude to religion

Latest event

June 6, 2019 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

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

  3. · Persecution begins

    Maksim Efimov's case

Criminal case

Maksim Efimov's case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

the flat was searched and a computer was seized; the investigation requested to place Efimov in a hospital for a forensic psychological and psychiatric examination (Efimov was brought to court under escort to resolve this issue); The Petrozavodsk City Court made a decision to this effect, but the Supreme Court of Karelia declared it illegal; Efimov went to Estonia, where he received political refugee status and then was put on the federal wanted list in Russia.

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Russia

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