Maxim Makushin
Maxim Makushin, born 1988, Murmansk Oblast. Charges: Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code (Failure to obey orders during combat operations). Sentence (September 28, 2023): 2 years 8 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 8, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 4, 2024.
In brief
Murmansk Oblast · Murmansk · Military personnel · Anti-war cases
Sentence
2 years 8 months
deprivation of liberty in a penal colony
Upheld December 5, 2023
Charges
- Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code — Failure to obey orders during combat operations
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the refusal to participate in the war in Uurain for religious reasons.
Latest event
July 4, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 4, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 8 months
· Persecution begins
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Full summary
Resident of Murmansk region, served in the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy. Member of the Russian Church of Christians of Evangelical Pentecostal Faith (RCECF). In July 2023, he refused to go to war in Ukraine for religious reasons. A case was opened against him for refusing to participate in hostilities. On 28 September 2023, Makushin was sentenced to two years and eight months in a penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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