| Maxim Reznik | |
| Office1: | Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg 5th convocation |
| Term Start1: | December 4, 2011 |
| Term End1: | September 29, 2021 |
| Office2: | Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg 6th convocation |
| Term Start2: | December 4, 2011 |
| Term End2: | September 29, 2021 |
| Office3: | Deputy of the Council of Deputies Georgiyevsky Municipal Okrug No. 74 of Saint Petersburg |
| Term Start3: | 2000 |
| Term End3: | 2004 |
| Office4: | Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Family, Childhood and Youth Affairs of the Administration of Saint Petersburg |
| Term Start4: | 1997 |
| Term End4: | 1999 |
| Party: | Yabloko (1995—2012) Civic Platform (member of the Civic Committee of the St. Petersburg branch of the party in 2013—2015) Party of Growth (since 2016) |
| Alma Mater: | Faculty of History of Saint Petersburg State University |
Maxim Lvovich Reznik (born September 13, 1974, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian politician. Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg of the 5th and 6th convocations (2011–2021). Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional branch of the Yabloko party (2003–2012).[1] Participant of the Free Russia Forum (from 2022 to present).
Maxim Lvovich Reznik was born on September 13, 1974, in Leningrad. He graduated from Leningrad Gymnasium No. 11.[2]
He graduated with honors from the Faculty of History of Saint Petersburg State University (1996), the North-West Academy of Public Administration (1997) with a degree in public and municipal administration.
In 1997—1999 — Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Family, Childhood and Youth Affairs of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Resigned due to the fact that the Yabloko party decided to go into opposition to Governor Vladimir Yakovlev.[3]
In 1999—2003 — Director of Social Programs of the EPITsentr-Saint Petersburg Foundation.
Founder and first chairman of the St. Petersburg Youth Union "Yabloko".
Since June 2000 — Deputy of the Municipal Council of the 74th Municipal District of St. Petersburg.
In 2000—2002 — Deputy Chairman, in 2002—2003 — First Deputy Chairman, in 2003—2012 — Chairman of the St. Petersburg Regional Branch of the RODP "Yabloko".
On April 20, 2011, speaking at the Legislative Assembly as the leader of the regional branch of a non-parliamentary party, he devoted his speech to criticism of the A Just Russia party.[4] Reznik accused her of not being independent and oppositional, imitating political struggle, and also being controlled by the Kremlin.
On December 4, 2011, following the results of the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, he was elected a deputy.
On December 8, 2012, he was expelled from the Yabloko party.
On September 18, 2016, he was re-elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on the list of the Party of Growth.
On May 1, 2019, Maxim Reznik was detained by police during a May Day procession along Nevsky Prospekt at the head of a column carrying a banner "Petersburg against United Russia". The deputy was released almost immediately. After that, a number of media outlets published a lot of negative publications about Reznik.[5] [6]
He worked as a history teacher in one of the private schools in St. Petersburg.[7] [8]
Candidate for Master of Sports in chess. He is married to journalist Ksenia Kazarina.[9]
On March 17, 2012, by the decision of the Bureau, the activities of the governing bodies of the St. Petersburg Yabloko, including the chairman of the organization, Maxim Reznik, were suspended.[10] As his successors, he named his deputies: the executive director of the Bellona environmental center Nikolay Rybakov and the deputy of the municipal council of the Yekateringofsky district, Alexander Shurshev.
On May 25, 2012, a member of the St. Petersburg branch of the party, Grigory Yavlinsky's assistant in the Legislative Assembly, Ksenia Vakhrusheva, publicly accused Maxim Reznik of supporting fraud in the vote count in the elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly.[11] Reznik filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor and dignity, but lost the case. The court denied his claim to declare Vakhrusheva's words untrue.
On December 8, 2012, he was expelled from the party (according to the Federal Bureau of the party, for actual consent to falsifications when counting votes in the elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg).[12] [13] He was accused of supporting close friends who received fake mandates: Olga Galkina and Vyacheslav Notyag. According to some observers, the falsifications could have been beneficial to United Russia.[14] Maxim Reznik himself considers this a political reprisal.[15] Supporters of the expelled associate this with the fact that Reznik was the leader of the intra-party opposition, and this was a continuation of the story with attempts to jointly expel him from the party along with Ilya Yashin.[16]
On March 23, 2021, Reznik moved to a meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg with deputies from Yabloko and announced his disagreements with the head of the Party of Growth faction Oksana Dmitrieva.[17]
Later, a deputy from Yabloko Boris Vishnevsky said that Yabloko was ready to nominate Reznik in the elections to the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.[18] However, as a result, Yabloko did not nominate Reznik in 2021.[19]
In September 2022, Reznik announced on his social networks that he had left the Russian Federation for an indefinite period.
On September 1, 2023, he was recognized as a foreign agent.[20]
See main article: Noon Against Putin.
He became the author of the action "Noon Against Putin" - a peaceful protest action scheduled for March 17, 2024, which consists in the fact that citizens of Russia who do not support the policy of Vladimir Putin will come to the polling stations en masse on the last day of the presidential elections at 12 noon.[21]
Badge of Honor "For Special Contribution to the Development of St. Petersburg" (2014).
"Petropol" Award (2016).
On March 3 2008, he was detained on charges of insulting government officials and using violence against government officials. After spending 18 days in prison, on March 21 he was released on recognizance not to leave. Later, the criminal case was closed at the request of the police, in connection with the reconciliation of the parties.[22] Many analysts considered him a political prisoner.
In 2021, a criminal case was opened against Reznik under Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on charges of acquiring marijuana. On June 18, 2021, Reznik was placed under house arrest.[23]