Maxim Reznik
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal CodeArticle 228.1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 278, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 5 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-04-19
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 29 March 2022
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 29 March 2022
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Case summary
On June 17, 2021, a criminal case was opened against Reznik. The next day, the court sent him under house arrest. On April 20, 2022, Reznik was sentenced to five months in a penal colony. He was released in the courtroom, as the time spent under house arrest was counted as punishment.
In September 2022, he left Russia due to fear of new persecution. A year later, the Ministry of Justice recognised him as a "foreign agent".
On June 19, 2025, Reznik was put on a wanted list. The details of the case are unknown.
On October 14, 2025, the FSB reported about the initiation of a case against Reznik and other members of the "Anti-War Committee of Russia" on the violent seizure of power and organization of activities of a terrorist community. The reason was the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for a change of government in Russia.
Others charged under Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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