Maxim Katz

Politician and blogger. In July 2022, he was included in the register of “foreign agents.” A criminal case was initiated on 7 April 2022, under Part 1 of the Article on “fakes,” but the charge was later reclassified, and on 20 February 2023, Katz was charged in absentia under subparagraph “d” of Part 2 of the Article (dissemination of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation motivated by political hatred). On 23 March, he was arrested in absentia. On 24 August 2023, Katz was sentenced in absentia to 8 years' imprisonment. In August 2025 a new criminal case was initiated against the politician for evading the obligations of a “foreign agent.”