Maxim served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Security Department since July 2016, serving as a police driver in a special battalion tasked with protecting diplomatic missions. In 2019, he rose to the rank of senior police sergeant.
He was arrested in February 2025 in connection with a criminal case opened under the article "assistance to extremist activity" after Belarusian security forces gained access to the chats of a bot belonging to the Belarusian Gayun monitoring project, where people were sending information about Russian troop movements.
In October 2025, Maxim was found guilty and sentenced to restricted freedom and sent to an open correctional facility.
