Maxim Martsinkevich

Who they were

Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)

Early life

Early life and education Maxim Martsinkevich was born in 1984 in Moscow to Sergey Yevgenyevich Martsinkevich and Viktoriya Leonidovna Martsinkevich. During his lifetime he indicated he was of Russian , Polish , Lithuanian , and Belarusian ancestry. As expressed in his first autobiographical audio book Destruct , his mother did not share her son's extremist views while his father was supportive. [ 1 ] Martsinkevich was conscripted into the Russian Army ,

Path and career

Martsinkevich gained prominence as the founder of Occupy Pedophilia, a vigilante group that publicly confronted and filmed alleged child predators in Russia starting around 2010. The movement attracted thousands of followers and spawned similar groups across Russian-speaking regions, though his methods drew criticism from law enforcement and human rights organizations.

He was arrested multiple times on charges including extremism and hooliganism. In 2014, he was sentenced to three years in prison for inciting violence; he was released in 2016 but faced ongoing legal troubles and was imprisoned again in 2019 on extremism charges.

Why this date

Maxim Martsinkevich appears on our September 16 calendar for 2020 as a death entry.