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Maxim Petlin
Максим Петлин
Petlin in a press conference in 2017
Member of Yekaterinburg City Duma
In office
1 March 2009 – 8 September 2013
Personal details
Born(1973-10-12)12 October 1973
Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
PartyYabloko
EducationUral State University
Occupationpolitician, social activist

Maxim Anatolyevich Petlin (Russian: Максим Анатольевич Петлин; born October 12, 1973, in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician. He is the incumbent chairman of the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the Yabloko party and a member of the party's federal bureau.[1] He previously served as a deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma (5th convocation).

Biography

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He was born on October 12, 1973, in Novokuznetsk. In 1991, he graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Regional Physics and Mathematics Boarding School. After moving to Yekaterinburg, he graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Ural State University in 1996, specializing in economic theory. He has been active in the advertising and information business since 1996. In 2005, he participated in founding the Ural Guild of Advertising Producers, serving as chairman of the organization's Council in 2006 and 2007.[1]

In 2009, he was elected Chairman of the Ural branch of the Yabloko party and became a deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma.[2] He was one of the organizers of the "Strategy-31" campaign in Yekaterinburg, as well as various political protests and opposition rallies in the city.е[3] In 2013, he lost his deputy seat as a result of criminal prosecution.[4]

During his tenure as a deputy, he authored and developed the Regulation "On the Unified Social Transit Pass",[5] proposed amendments to the investment program of the municipal enterprise Vodokanal,[6] and initiated the resignation of Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Porunov.[7][8]

Criminal Prosecution

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In 2011, Petlin, together with the Yabloko party and urban activists, organized a series of protests against the development of a local park and the construction of the "Raduga-Park" shopping and entertainment center. Subsequently, the FSB fabricated an extortion case against him[9] —alleging that he had demanded money in exchange for halting the protests against the park's development[10]— and arrested him on February 22, 2011, while simultaneously conducting searches of his home and the party's office. After a prolonged period of house arrest, he was sentenced to three years in prison in 2013.[11]

He gained widespread attention in connection with this case[12] and was included in a list of 39 political prisoners whose release was demanded by opposition representatives in 2012.[13] Vladimir Bukovsky publicly called for Petlin's release, describing him as a political prisoner.[14] OpenDemocracy characterized Petlin's arrest as an assault on rights and freedoms in Russia and an attempt to eliminate the opposition in Yekaterinburg.[15]

Ultimately, after serving his sentence, he was released on August 20, 2015,[16] though he was stripped of the right to vote or run for public office until 2031.[1]

In 2022, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the FSB's wiretapping of Maxim Petlin was unlawful and awarded him compensation.[17][18]

Subsequent career

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After his release, Petlin told the press that he would not run for office for six years—until his criminal record was expunged. In December 2015, Igor Yakovlev, press secretary for Grigory Yavlinsky, announced that Petlin had become a member of the Yabloko party's federal bureau.[19]

In June 2017, he criticized the Yabloko party's nomination of Yevgeny Roizman for governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast. Petlin told the press he was unsure about the merits of the idea and might abstain from voting on the matter within the bureau.[20]

In 2019, he was one of the organizers of a nationwide campaign against the importation of radioactive waste into Russia.[21] In 2021, he was elected chairman of the party's regional branch and became one of the initiators of the "Yekaterinburg-2021" democratic coalition in the Sverdlovsk Oblast,[22] aiming to unite democratic forces for the 2021 Legislative Assembly elections.[23]

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On May 25, 2025, while hosting another letter-writing event for political prisoners, he was arrested alongside representatives from the Yabloko party, Youth Yabloko, and the SDR. This followed a false report filed by representatives of URAL LIVE—propagandist Ekaterina Ipatova and Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly deputy Alexey Svalov (United Russia).[24][25][26][27]

On April 30, 2026, he was arrested, and his home was searched and electronic equipment seized. According to media reports, he was accused of publicly justifying terrorism through the letter-writing events for political prisoners.[28][29]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Петлин Максим Анатольевич". Партия Яблоко (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-08-11. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Петлин Максим Анатольевич, Екатеринбург - Деловой квартал". Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Максим Петлин подает в суд на ФСБ и СУ СК РФ". Партия Яблоко (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  4. ↑ "Пособнику в вымогательстве 3 млн рублей заменили реальный срок на условный". ТАСС. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ↑ Пашкова, Татьяна (2009-03-13). "Максим Петлин: «Дума Екатеринбурга перекладывает ответственность за положение о льготном проездном на Аркадия Чернецкого»". EANews.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  6. ↑ "«Водоканал» в бюджет не сливает". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  7. ↑ "Мэр Екатеринбурга не хочет быть ни сити-менеджером, ни главой города // KP.RU - Екатеринбург". www.ural.kp.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  8. ↑ "Судебные приставы направятся к мэру Екатеринбурга". Партия Яблоко (in Russian). 2025-11-22. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  9. ↑ "«Либеральный Интернационал» считает Максима Петлина политзаключенным | Партия ЯБЛОКО". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  10. ↑ "«Яблоко» закатили". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2013-03-22. Archived from the original on 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Петлин Максим Анатольевич — Союз Солидарности с политзаключёнными" (in Russian). 2012-02-02. Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Lenta.ru: Россия: Политика: Лидера свердловского «Яблока» посадили на три года". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  13. ↑ "Радио ЭХО Москвы :: Список политзаключенных / Комментарии". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  14. ↑ "Грани.Ру: Владимир Буковский вошел в Комитет защиты Максима Петлина". graniru.org. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  15. ↑ Pavel Stroilov (2011-09-23). "Yekaterinburg: where have all the opposition gone?". Archived from the original on 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  16. ↑ Максим Петлин вышел на свободу и уже находится дома Archived 2015-12-23 at the Wayback Machine — Znak.com, 20.08.2015
  17. ↑ "ЕСПЧ признал незаконной прослушку ФСБ лидера свердловского «Яблока»". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2022-10-28. Archived from the original on 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  18. ↑ "Дело №14829/12, 20420/12 "Петлин и Якупов против России"". Центр международного права - помощь обращения суд по правам человека и подача жалоб (in Russian). 2022-11-03. Archived from the original on 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  19. ↑ "Максим Петлин вошел в политбюро "Яблока". "Экс-председатель и политзаключенный" – Ystav.com". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  20. ↑ "Представитель федерального бюро «Яблока» Максим Петлин: было бы лучше, если бы в реготделении посмотрели других кандидатов вместо Ройзмана / 14 июня 2017 | Екатеринбург, Новос..." Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  21. ↑ "В десяти городах Свердловской области прошли пикеты «Яблока» против ввоза радиоактивных отходов". Партия Яблоко (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-07-25. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  22. ↑ "На митинге в память Немцова в Екатеринбурге создали движение, которое пойдет во власть". ura.news (in Russian). 2020-02-29. Archived from the original on 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  23. ↑ "Новым председателем свердловского отделения «Яблока» избран Максим Петлин". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2021-01-17. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  24. ↑ "Рыба гниёт с головы, а «Яблоко» давно сгнило". Катюша ИпатоVа. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  25. ↑ "СРОЧНО: В Екатеринбурге сорвали вечер писем политзаключённым. Задержаны активисты «Яблока»". СДР. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  26. ↑ "В Екатеринбурге силовики сорвали вечер писем политзаключенным". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-09-28. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  27. ↑ "Век писем не видать". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2025-05-26. Archived from the original on 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
  28. ↑ "В Екатеринбурге были задержаны активисты "Яблока"". Радио Свобода (in Russian). 2026-04-29. Retrieved 2026-05-03.
  29. ↑ Insider, The (2026-04-29). "В Екатеринбурге у двух членов партии «Яблоко» прошли обыски, с ними нет связи". The Insider (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-05-03.
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