Maksim Lepushenka

Maksim Lepushenka (born 1974, Minsk ) is a Belarusian Wikipedian. He is an administrator and bureaucrat of the Belarusian Wikipedia in the official orthography. He was detained on May 15, 2025, and was recognized as a political prisoner by human rights organizations.

Biography Lepushenka is known on Wikipedia under the pseudonym "Maksim L". He participated in offline meetings where he talked about the Belarusian Wikipedia. He mainly wrote about the , also monitored order in the Belarusian Wikipedia and moderated user disputes. He is author of articles on culture, literature, and biographies of contemporary Belarusian writers.

Persecution He was detained at midday on May 15, 2025. According to the media, Maksim's detention was part of the repressions targeting authors and editors of the Belarusian Wikipedia. On June 17, 2025, Belarusian human rights organizations recognized him as a political prisoner.