Former political prisonersForced displacement

Maxim Aleksandrovich Znak

Dissidentby since
Viasna since

Lawyer and member of the Presidium of the Coordination Council for the Resolution of the Political Crisis.

Maxim was arrested on September 9, 2020, and charged with conspiracy and extremist activity, including public calls for the seizure of power and actions threatening national security, using the media and the internet.

On December 13, 2025, he was released after another visit to Minsk by US President Donald Trump's special representative, John Cole, and taken to Ukraine.

Sentences

Trial outcome 06.09.2021
10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions.
Appeal 24.12.2021
the sentence was upheld.

Involved in repression

Alexander Vladimirovich King
Alexander Vladimirovich King
State prosecutors28 june 1992
Place:
Minsk District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.09.2021
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Sergey Aleksandrovich Epikhov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Epikhov
Judges16 may 1966
Place:
Minsk District Court
Type:
Court of First Instance
Date:
06.09.2021
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Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Andrey Mikhailovich Cedric
Overseers20 april 1978
Place:
SIZO-1
Type:
Head of the correctional facility
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Co-defendants

Maxim Aleksandrovich Znak
In custody:
Hometown:
Minsk
Birthday:
04.09.1981
Was held in:
IK №3
Articles:
Groups:
EntrepreneursTeachersCreative peopleScientistsLawyers
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Timeline

  1. 2020
  2. ~09.09.2020

    Transfer

    SIZO-1 — In custody

  3. 2021
  4. 06.09.2021

    Trial outcome 06.09.2021

    10 years of imprisonment in colony under enhanced security conditions, Minsk District Court

  5. 24.12.2021

    Appeal 24.12.2021

    the sentence was upheld, Supreme Court

  6. 2022
  7. ~03.01.2022

    Transfer

    SIZO-2 — In custody

  8. 10.01.2022

    Transfer

    IK-3 — In custody