Maxim Shchetinkin
Maxim Shchetinkin, born 1979, Khakassia. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Maxim Shchetinkin of "fakes" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation”. Sentence (November 29, 2024): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering Internet sites for 3 years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 28, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 35, Khakassia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 30, 2024.
In brief
Khakassia · Abakan · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony with a ban on administering Internet sites for 3 years
Upheld October 30, 2025
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 items v, d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (using an official position, by a group of individuals, with falsification of evidence, for selfish motives, or out of hatred)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he "independently produced by editing in the form of a screenshot a note about the strike by "Tochka U" on Kramatorsk".
Latest event
October 30, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 30, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Maxim Shchetinkin of "fakes" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Khakassia
Criminal case
The case of Maxim Shchetinkin of "fakes" about the Armed Forces of Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-738/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 35, Khakassia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
655017, Республика Хакасия, г. Абакан, кв. Молодёжный, 11, ФКУ «ИК № 35 УФСИН России по Республике Хакасия», Щетинкин Максим Михайлович, 1979 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Abakan. On 28 June 2024, he was taken into custody in a case of dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the motive of political hatred and with artificial creation of evidence. On 29 November 2024, Shchetinkin was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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