Maxim Martsinkevich's convictions: why was Tesak imprisoned in 2014?

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

Maxim Martsinkevich, better known under the pseudonym Tesak (he got such a formidable nickname because of his love for edged weapons) is a well-known person both in the Internet community and among neo-Nazi organizations. He became famous thanks to his nationalist views, as well as shooting videos about how he and like-minded people reveal the identities of pedophiles. In 2014, Martsinkevich was again sent to prison, and now everyone is interested in the question of why Tesak was imprisoned this time.

A little about the personality of Maxim Martsinkevich

From an early age, Tesak was an ardent supporter of nationalism, so in 2005 he created his own neo-Nazi organization called Format 18. It received its name due to a combination of letters of the Latin alphabet, the 1st stands for A - Adolf, and the 8th H - Hitler. Tesak himself neverhid it, besides, he always spoke with admiration of the Nazi ruler.

With his like-minded people, he fought against the non-Russian population of the country, which, in his opinion, behaved inappropriately. Since Maxim loved the public, he regularly released videos in which he expressed his opinion about the situation in the country. The story about how he and the guys in Ku Klux Klan costumes butchers a Tajik guy made a special noise. As it turned out later, the video was staged, so there was no reason to initiate a criminal case.

Why was Tesak imprisoned in 2007?

As many people know, this is not Martsinkevich's first arrest. So, in 2007, Tesak was imprisoned. For what? The reason for initiating a criminal case was the statement of Alexei Navalny, a well-known political figure and activist. It was he who witnessed the nationalist machinations of Martsinkevich and considered it his duty to punish the skinhead.

So, why was Tesak imprisoned in 2007? Maxim Martsinkevich, inspired by his nationalist idea, decided to make an open statement to the people. To do this, he broke into the Bilingua club with his group, where the election debates were taking place. After a short speech, he and his guys shouted the famous “Sieg Heill” for several minutes.

On July 10 of the same year, Tesak was arrested and charged under Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At that time, this was a new part of the Criminal Code, which prohibited any actions leading to inciting hatred between people based onnational signs. The court found Martsinkevich guilty and sentenced him to three years in prison, a little later he was given another sentence under the same article. This time, the reason was an old video in which he cracks down on a Tajik drug dealer.

That's what they put Tesak in 2007 for. In total, Martsinkevich served 3.5 years. By the way, in 2010 the Format 18 organization was officially banned by law, as it was considered extremist.

Restruct public organization

After his release from prison, Martsinkevich continued his nationalist activities. Since his old organization was closed down, he created a new social movement called Restruct.

Along with the name, priorities have changed, now Tesak began to actively fight against pedophilia. To do this, with the help of figureheads, he appointed meetings for lovers of minors, at which he caught them. Everything that happened was recorded on camera, after which the video was uploaded to the Internet, thereby exposing the identity of the pedophile.

Despite the cruelty of Martsinkevich's methods, many supported him, and his Payback Pedophile program had a fairly high rating on the network.

Why was Tesak imprisoned for 5 years in 2014?

At the end of November 2013, a Moscow court opened another case against Maxim Martsinkevich. The same Article 282 became the basis for it. A few days later, the court decided to take Tesak into custody until all the circumstances were clarified.

Having learned about the case in advance, Tesak leftcountries - first to Belarus, and then to Cuba. But he did not succeed in hiding for a long time, on January 17, 2014, he was arrested by the Cuban police. The reason was the lack of a passport, which had been stolen from him the day before by an unknown person. But the authorities did not look into this matter, on January 27 they sent the activist home by plane, where he was met by Russian law enforcement agencies.

Six months later, the Kuntsevsky court delivered its verdict - capital punishment. Therefore, in July 2014, the cleaver was sent to a maximum security prison for 5 years. True, in November of the same year, the court commuted the sentence, reducing the term to 2 years and 10 months.

But still, why was Tesak imprisoned (2014)? According to the court, the basis for opening the case was the videos in which Martsinkevich called for reprisals against the “chocks”. At least that's what linguistic expertise has established. Although Maxim himself is sure that he was ordered because he crossed the path of many influential people.