An acquaintance identified Maxim Ovchinnikov in the video of the security forces' detention in the case of treason.

A resident of Anapa, whose detention was reported today by the FSB in a case of treason - Maxim Ovchinnikov, who was searched for by relatives for several months after the "carousel arrests."

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the FSB reported on the detention of a resident of Anapa, who, according to the security forces, was gathering information on behalf of Ukrainian special services.

The detained resident of Anapa, about whom the FSB reported today, turned out to be Maxim Ovchinnikov, who was searched for by relatives for several months after the "carousel arrests."

In the video attached to the message about the detention in the case of treason, the face of the detainee was obscured, and the name was not mentioned.

The detained person appeared to be Mikhail Ovchinnikov, an elevator electrician from Anapa, who had been missing for a long time after the "carousel arrests." An acquaintance of Ovchinnikov confirmed in a conversation that it was him — the electrician was recognized by his build, voice, clothing, and leather bag.

At the end of March, Maxim Ovchinnikov's mother from Anapa complained that since February she had been unable to find out her son's whereabouts, who was detained by security forces in January. On April 17, she appealed to the director of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, demanding to inform her where her son was. Only at the end of May did it become known that he was being held in SIZO-1 in Krasnodar.

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