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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex44 · male
OccupationArtist
Arrested inSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Held at—
CategoryProtest
Statuson trial
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Maxim Evstropov, an artist and founder of the "Party of the Dead," is facing charges related to his posts on Telegram and VKontakte around Easter. The posts contained photographs of a protest at a cemetery with anti-war posters.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Posts on Telegram and VKontakte around Easter
- 02Photographs of protest at a cemetery
- 03Anti-war posters
- 04Founder of Party of the Dead
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01The case of the Party of Dead
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 148
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedTelegram, VKontakte
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Maxim and the patronymic Evstropov are common Russian names indicating a Slavic background.
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Maxim Evstropov (PPW case cmi88760, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi88760t004kli0tjssdbn94. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/maxim-evstropov).
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