Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs
Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs, born 1977, Moscow. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs' case”. Sentence (September 30, 2025): 4 years and 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administrate websites for 4 years. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
4 years 6 months
4 years and 6 months imprisonment in absentia, prohibition to administrate websites for 4 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a video on her YouTube channel, published in August 2023 - a recording of an interview with the Ukrainian TV channel "Now", in which, according to the investigation, Maksakova-Igenbergs called for funding the AFU and "discredited the goals of the SVO ".
Latest event
September 30, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 4 years 6 months.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs' case
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs' case
Details and sources
Full summary
Opera singer, former Duma (Federal parliament) deputy. Widow of Duma deputy from the CPRF (The Communist Party of the Russian Federation) Denis Voronenkov. After the outbreak of the war, she left for Ukraine. In May 2023 she was included in the register of "foreign agents". In September 2024, it became known that a case was opened against her for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation because of a video in which she, according to the investigation, called for the financing of the AFU and "discredited the goals of the SVO (special war operation)".
In February 2025, it was reported that a new case was opened against Maksakova-Igenbergs - for evasion from fulfilling the duties of a "foreign agent".
Both cases were merged into one proceeding.
On 30 September 2025, the court sentenced her in absentia to four and a half years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Germany, Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.