Maxim Ovchinnikov's mother demanded to know her son's whereabouts.

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The fate of Anapa resident Maxim Ovchinnikov, who was beaten by law enforcement officers during his arrest, remains unknown for over 50 days. The man's mother appealed to FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov demanding to know the whereabouts of her son and to allow doctors and lawyers to see him.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," at the end of March, the mother of Maxim Ovchinnikov from Anapa complained that she had been unable to find out the whereabouts of her son since February, who was detained by law enforcement officers in January.

On April 17, Maxim Ovchinnikov's mother Margarita Ovchinnikova appealed to FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov demanding to establish the whereabouts of her son, who, according to her, was illegally removed from a temporary detention facility in Gelendzhik the day before his release. She last saw her son 50 days ago, on February 26, in the Gelendzhik temporary detention facility, where he was serving a second 15-day sentence under the Gelendzhik City Court.

The first arrest occurred under the same article, but the decision was made by the Anapa Court, which found 45-year-old elevator electrician Maxim Ovchinnikov guilty under Article 19.3, Section 4, of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for resisting the lawful orders of law enforcement officers.

Ovchinnikov was beaten, and security forces themselves called an ambulance, which took him to the Anapa City Hospital with a suspected ruptured spleen. For four hours, security forces stayed with Ovchinnikov in the hospital and prevented his immediate family from seeing him.

His mother attributes the chain of events that began on January 27, 2026, to her son's pacifist stance. She believes law enforcement officers themselves provoked him into making statements on social media, and that the subsequent administrative charges were fabricated.

According to medical records, Ovchinnikov was taken to the Anapa City Hospital on February 27 at 5:20 PM with a diagnosis of a ruptured spleen. The doctor also recorded blunt abdominal trauma and multiple bruises. Relatives who saw Maxim in the emergency room described his condition as shock: he was pale, in severe pain, and his clothes were stained with dirt.

My son was penniless, without a phone, without a passport, and wearing light clothing.

"My son was penniless, without a phone, without a passport, and wearing light clothing. How could he have ended up in Gelendzhik immediately after being held in a temporary detention facility and then 'resisting' again? He was brought there by the staff," Margarita Ovchinnikova stated in her appeal to Bortnikov.

The most alarming moment was Maxim's disappearance from the Gelendzhik temporary detention facility. He was scheduled to be released on February 28, 2026, at 8:50 PM. His mother and lawyer were waiting for him at the gate, but Maxim never showed up.

Major M.N. Khuaksev, a temporary detention facility employee and duty officer at the Gelendzhik Department of Internal Affairs, They confirmed to the woman that security forces from Anapa removed Ovchinnikov from the detention center on the morning of February 27, a day and a half before the official end of his sentence.

In her statement, Margarita Ovchinnikov stated that her son had been tortured and abused, that he had suffered serious bodily harm during his arrest, that his right to defense had been violated, that a lawyer, as agreed upon, had been denied access to him at the Anapa temporary detention center under the pretext of occupied offices and shift changes, that Margarita's apartment had been illegally searched without court orders or witnesses, and that Maxim had been systematically transferred from prison without documentary evidence.

If my son has committed something illegal, bring charges according to the law.

"If my son has committed something illegal, bring charges according to the law." "But instead, he is being kidnapped, hidden, and forced to confess under pressure," Margarita Ovchinnikova summarizes in her appeal.

The mother demanded that her son's whereabouts be immediately reported and that doctors and lawyers be granted access to him.