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Kruglov Maksim Sergeevich

Date of birth: December 9, 1986 (39 years old)
citizenship: Россия
City of residence: Moscow
Occupation: политика
Article of the Criminal Code:  207.3 ч. 2 para. «д»
Form of repression:  pre-trial detention
Pursuit stage:  court of first instance
Date of arrest:  January 1, 1
Current location:  Remand Prison No. 2, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the city of Moscow

Kruglov Maksim Sergeevich, born on December 9, 1986, in Moscow. He is the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, married, and raising a daughter.

He is charged under paragraph “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation motivated by political hatred”).

Deprived of liberty since October 1, 2025.