Maxim Roshchin
Maxim Roshchin, born 1979, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); “The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)”. Sentence (August 5, 2020): Six and a half years suspended prison sentence with a five year probation period. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 27, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 22, 2018.
In brief
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Sentence
6 years 6 months
Six and a half years suspended prison sentence with a five year probation period
Upheld January 16, 2022
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the organisation of an extremist community
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 27, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2018
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)
Criminal case
The case of ‘New Greatness’ (Novoe Velichie)
- Case number
- 01-0001/2020(01-0315/2019)
Other defendants in the case
- Maria Dubovik — At large, 6 years
- Pyotr Karamzin — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Ruslan Kostylenkov — Imprisoned, 6 years 9 months
- Vyacheslav Kryukov — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Anna Pavlikova — At large, 4 years
- Poletaev Dmitrii Vladimirovich — At large, 6 years
Thematic group: The case of the "New Greatness"
Details and sources
Full summary
Maxim Roshchin was detained on 15 March 2018 and placed under house arrest the next day.
On 6 August 2020, he was given a six and a half years suspended prison sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.