Maxim was arrested on August 17, 2021, along with former riot police officer Maxim Klimovich, in a criminal case opened under the article "organizing and preparing actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them," and was remanded in custody pending trial.
In November 2021, he was convicted of participating in a post-election protest that took place in Minsk from August 9 to 10, 2020, and sentenced to restricted freedom and placement in an open correctional facility.
He was released in the summer of 2023, having fully served his sentence.
