Sinitsa Vladislav Yurievich (known as a blogger with the pseudonym Max Steklov), born June 17, 1989 in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region. He has a higher education in the specialty "finance and credit", worked as a manager at OOO "Universal Advisor". He is registered and lived in the city of Lyubertsy, Moscow Region, and is not a member of any parties or movements.
Under paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Actions aimed at inciting hatred and enmity, based on belonging to any social group, committed publicly using the information and communication network "Internet", with the threat of violence"), he was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime penal colony. He has been in custody since August 3, 2019.
On June 13, 2024, he was sentenced to another 2 years, 6 months and 10 days of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony on charges of committing crimes under Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Public calls for extremist activity”).
