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Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Maxim Martsinkevich
- Maxim Sergeyevich Martsinkevich (Russian: ?????´? ?????´???? ????????´???, born 8 May 1984), better known as Tesak (Cleaver, Hatchet, Hand Axe, Machete), is a Russian neo-Nazi activist, media personality, vlogger, the leader and one of the founders of the Restruct movement that has existed on the territory of post-Soviet countries. Tesak has first caught public attention as a white power skinhead and the leader of the far-right youth group Format 18, which has been described as the "armed wing" of the National Socialist Society. There are numerous branches within Martsinkevich's Restruct, the most prominent of which is Occupy Pedophilia, claiming that its goals are fighting pedophiles and spreading National Socialist views among youth.
- Tesak's violent approach and targeting of gay males have been criticized, although his actions have led to the imprisonment of a highly ranked official within the Russian judicial system. Martsinkevich has received three prison sentences for inciting racial or ethnic hatred.
- Tesak was first indicted in 2007, after disrupting political debates by performing the Nazi salute and yelling "Sieg Heil!" at a book club in Moscow.
- In 2009, he was sentenced to three years for making a video with racist content.
- Martsinkevich's memories from this time in prison have been expressed through his book Restruct.
- After getting out of prison, Tesak has been unemployed, posted vlogs and made a living by charging others for joining his "hunts for pedophiles" and for attending his lectures on life in prison, ways of shoplifting, as well as other subjects.
- In the autumn of 2013, Tesak was indicted again for releasing new videos featuring racist remarks.
- As the result, on 15 August 2014, he was sentenced to five years in prison.
- On 11 November 2014, the court reduced the sentence to two years and 10 months. On 27 June 2017, the Babushkinsky district court of Moscow sentenced Martsinkevich to ten years in a strict regimen corrective labor colony for his involvement in attacks targeting synthetic cannabinoids dealers.
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