Maxim Yefimov

Maxim Yefimov is a human rights activist and blogger from the northern Russian region of Karelia. He is the head of the local Youth Human Rights Group. Russian authorities are accusing him of fosteri

Why I fled Russia

Maxim Yefimov was an activist working in the field of human rights in Karelia, in the Russian Far North. Following criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church, authorities attempted to incarcerate him in a mental institution. He was kept sane by the conviction he was doing right, but eventually the t

By Maxim Yefimov

/ 29 Aug 2012