Human rights activists have reported the whereabouts of Maxim Ovchinnikov.

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Anapa resident Maxim Ovchinnikov, whose mother searched for him for over 70 days after his arrest, has been found in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Krasnodar.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," at the end of March, Maxim Ovchinnikov's mother from Anapa complained that she had been unable to locate her son since February, who was detained by law enforcement officers in January. On April 17, she contacted FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov demanding to know the whereabouts of her son.

Maksim Ovchinnikov, who was missing from his mother's custody for over 70 days after he was taken from a temporary detention facility in Gelendzhik, has been found and is being held in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Krasnodar, the human rights project OVD-Info* reported on May 25.

According to Ovchinnikov's mother, he is being held in an overcrowded cell with 10 people for every four beds.

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