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'''Maxim Locoka''', who goes by the name '''Maxim Mernes'''; born 1 Jule 1995) is a Russian [[Politics|political]] activist, engages in anti-government activities, writer, [[YouTuber]] and author his own blog.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maxim Mernes|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/MernesMaxim|via=YouTube|lang=ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>. Emigrated from Russia for political views.<ref>{{Cite web|title=«Работали кулаками, а не мозгами»: как россиянин стал жертвой криптовалютного рэкета в Таиланде|url=https://russian.rt.com/world/article/473495-rossiyanin-kriptovalyuta-reket|website=RT на русском|language=ru|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> He became known after the attack on him by the Russian authorities in Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Российский блогер CryptoBoss заявил о хищении у него биткоинов на 6 млн рублей|url=https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1973026/?fb|last=ntv.ru|website=НТВ|language=ru|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian couple robbed of US$100,000 in bitcoin in Phuket|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/around_thailand/30336546|website=The Nation|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> Also known as author of books "Death of the Russian economy"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Смерть российской экономики|url=https://ridero.ru/books/smert_rossiiskoi_ekonomiki/|website=ridero.ru|language=ru|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>, "Default of Russia – 2020"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Дефолт России — 2020|url=https://ridero.ru/books/defolt_rossii_2020/|website=ridero.ru|language=ru|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>

He is the author of a book on politics where [[Vladimir Putin]] is criticized<ref>{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес — читать лучшие книги и новинки онлайн, на iPhone, iPad и Android – MyBook|url=https://mybook.ru/author/maksim-mernes/|website=MyBook — электронная библиотека|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Метнес – читай онлайн, покупай книги автора в электронном или печатном виде на Ridero|url=https://ridero.ru/author/mernes_maksim_n_yyz/|website=ridero.ru|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>, Maxim in his books harshly criticizes the Russian authorities. For which it is constantly blocked on the Russian Internet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Грабители в Таиланде заставили двоих россиян перевести им биткоины|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5a6033d79a7947fe1e16f678|website=РБК|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=«Работали кулаками, а не мозгами»: как россиянин стал жертвой криптовалютного рэкета в Таиланде|url=https://russian.rt.com/world/article/473495-rossiyanin-kriptovalyuta-reket|website=RT на русском|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>

[[Liberalism|Liberal.]] He was repeatedly attacked for his views on the economic system in Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|title=«Офицеры Интерпола» ограбили россиян в Таиланде|language=ru|work=EG.RU|url=https://www.eg.ru/society/450776/|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=В Таиланде у россиян украли биткоины на сумму, эквивалентную $100 тыс.|url=https://iz.ru/696956/2018-01-18/v-tailande-u-rossiian-ukrali-bitkoiny-na-summu-ekvivalentnuiu-100-tys|last=Сержан|first=Эдвард|date=18 January 2018|website=Известия|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=«Работали кулаками, а не мозгами»: как россиянин стал жертвой криптовалютного рэкета в Таиланде|url=https://russian.rt.com/world/article/473495-rossiyanin-kriptovalyuta-reket|website=RT на русском|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>

He has more than 380 thousand subscribers on YouTube and more than 320 on Instagram.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес (@mernesmax) • Instagram photos and videos|url=https://www.instagram.com/mernesmax/|website=instagram.com|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mernes|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/MernesMaxim|via=YouTube|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Maxim was born in a small village [[Tomsk Oblast]] in 1995. At 14 years, the first business appeared – internet provider, by which Mernes sold Internet access to residents of his settlement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=«Работали кулаками, а не мозгами»: как россиянин стал жертвой криптовалютного рэкета в Таиланде|url=https://russian.rt.com/world/article/473495-rossiyanin-kriptovalyuta-reket|date=|website=|publisher=RT на русском|lang=ru|accessdate=12 June 2019|quote=Я уже давно занимался бизнесом. С 14 лет у меня был свой интернет-провайдер.}}</ref>

At the age of 18 he entered [[Tomsk State University]], where, together with his classmate, he launched the official radio of [[Tomsk State University|TSU]], and also organized a team to help students write graduate works and term papers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ТГУ первым из томских вузов обзавелся собственным интернет-радио|url=https://ria.ru/20131224/986172867.html|date=24 December 2013|website=РИА Новости|language=ru|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 June 2019|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Первое в Томске студенческое интернет-радио заработало в ТГУ|url=http://www.tsu.ru/news/pervoe_v_tomske_studencheskoe_internet_radio_zarabotalo_v_tgu/|publisher=tsu.ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>

At the time of the crisis in 2014, decides to leave his business and leave for some time from Russia to Asia, where he began to actively engage in [[blogging]] and [[cryptocurrency]]. Max Mernes's blog about centered the top 9 by the version of the resource ForkLog<ref>{{Cite web|title=Выбор ForkLog: лучшие биткоин-паблики "Вконтакте"|url=https://forklog.com/vybor-forklog-luchshie-bitkoin-pabliki-vkontakte/|date=2 December 2017|publisher=ForkLog|lang=ru-RU|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>. 

He criticizes the Russian economic system. For which he was attacked several times. 

On 15 January 2018, he and Anna Nikulina were alleged victims of a robbery where the attackers broke into an apartment in Tambon-Rawai and forced them to transfer [[Bitcoin]]s to the amount equivalent to US$100,000, and also stole passports, documents, cards and laptops<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alleged Phuket condo robbery leaves Russians Bitcoinless|url=https://www.thephuketnews.com/alleged-phuket-condo-robbery-leaves-russians-bitcoinless-65615.php#xUEuub3wQhL8YE79.97|author=thephuketnews.com|lang=en|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Russian tourists claim they were robbed of US$100,000 worth of bitcoin in Thailand {{!}} Coconuts Bangkok|url=https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/russian-tourists-claim-robbed-us100000-worth-bitcoin-thailand/|last=coconutsbangkok|date=18 January 2018|website=Coconuts|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Российский блогер CryptoBoss заявил о хищении у него биткоинов на 6 млн рублей|url=https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1973026/?fb|author=ntv.ru|publisher=НТВ|lang=ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=В Таиланде у россиян украли биткоины на сто тысяч долларов|url=http://www.aif.ru/money/mymoney/v_tailande_u_rossiyan_ukrali_bitkoiny_na_sto_tysyach_dollarov|date=18 January 2018|publisher=aif.ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>

On 6 February 2018, a story appeared on the channel of video blogger Alexander Kondrashov about the robbery of Maxim Mernes.<ref>{{Citation|title=Robbery of Cryptoboss for €100 000. Thai police department|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Rhe_hxoiU|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>In June 2018, the Bitcoin developer launched a resource with a list of cases of violence against cryptocurrency owners, the robbery of Maxim Mernes was on this list.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Разработчик биткоина запустил ресурс со списком случаев насилия в отношении владельцев криптовалюты|url=https://news.myseldon.com/ru/news/index/191444361|website=news.myseldon.com|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Разработчик биткоина запустил ресурс со списком случаев насилия в отношении владельцев криптовалюты|url=https://forklog.com/razrabotchik-bitkoina-zapustil-resurs-so-spiskom-sluchaev-nasiliya-v-otnoshenii-vladeltsev-kriptovalyuty/|date=9 July 2018|website=ForkLog|language=ru-RU|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>

Maxim took part as a speaker at the Blockchain Life 2018 exhibition, held on 7 and 8 November 2018 in [[St. Petersburg]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Международный форум Blockchain Life 2018|url=http://peterburg2.ru/events/mezhdunarodnyy-forum-blockchain-life-2018-156764.html|publisher=peterburg2.ru|lang=ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=7–8 Ноября, г. Санкт-Петербург, выставка Blockchain Life 2018|url=https://bitbet.news/press-relizy/7-8-nojabrja-g-sankt-peterburg-vystavka-blockchain-life-2018/|author=Александр Бринченко|date=14 August 2018|publisher=bitbet.news|lang=ru-RU|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>. He also performed at Cryptoevent in Moscow and Blockshow in Singapore<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес:|url=https://argumenti.ru/society/2018/12/595045|publisher=argumenti.ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>

7 December 2018 Maxim Mernes defended the interests of the rights of crypto investors in Russia<ref>{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес: «Нужно покупать ликвидную криптовалюту»|url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/41390307-maksim-mernes-nuzhno-pokupat-likvidnuyu-kriptovalyutu/|website=Рамблер/новости|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>

At the end of 2018, was writing his own book.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CryptoBossCoin (CBC) курс, график, информация|url=https://www.coingecko.com/ru/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8B/cryptobosscoin|publisher=CoinGecko|lang=ru|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In Maxim 2019 publishes his book "Death of the Russian economy" 

In 2019 Mernes published the book  ''The Economics of the Digital Age''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Экономика Цифровой Эры|url=https://ridero.ru/books/ekonomika_cifrovoi_ery/|website=ridero.ru|language=ru|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> and ''Death of the Russian economy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Мой путь к миллиону долларов Litres|url=https://www.litres.ru/maksim-mernes/moy-put-k-millionu-dollarov/|publisher=litres|lang=ru|accessdate=24 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":1" />''

The book was presented at Blockchain life 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blockchain Life 2019 {{!}} Крупнейший форум в Европе, 16–17 октября, Москва|url=https://blockchain-life.com/europe/ru/|website=blockchain-life.com|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref> conference. The book was published on MyBook<ref>{{Cite web|title=Мой путь к миллиону долларов — Максим Мернес — читать книгу онлайн, на iPhone, iPad и Android|url=https://mybook.ru/author/maksim-mernes/moj-put-kmillionu-dollarov/|website=MyBook — электронная библиотека|language=ru|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>, Ridero<ref>{{Cite web|title=Мой путь к миллиону долларов|url=https://ridero.ru/books/moi_put_k_millionu_dollarov/|website=ridero.ru|language=ru|access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>, Google Books.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Мернес|first=Максим|url=https://books.google.ru/books?id=iYOzDwAAQBAJ|title=Мой путь к миллиону долларов|date=3 October 2019|publisher=Litres|isbn=9785041922436|language=ru}}</ref>

In October 2019, a new book by Maxim Mernes, the book CryptoBoss, was released.<ref></ref>

In his book, Maxim criticized the economic system and the government of the Russian Federation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес презентовал свою новую книгу "Мой Путь к Миллиону Долларов"|url=https://real.so/ekonomika/22-maksim-mernes-prezentoval-svoju-novuju-knigu-moj-put-k-millionu-dollarov.html|website=Финансовый Реализм – REAL.SO|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Максим Мернес презентовал свою новую книгу по крипте – Звезды в Сети – Статьи по ВКонтакте – Каталог статей|url=http://blogovk.com/publ/maksim_mernes_prezentoval_svoju_novuju_knigu_po_kripte/42-1-0-221|website=blogovk.com|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>

== Book ==

* 2018 — «Death of the Russian economy», [[:ru:Служебная:Источники_книг/9785005046444|ISBN 978-5-7905-5074-4]]
* 2019 — «The Economics of the Digital Age», [[:ru:Служебная:Источники_книг/9785005059215|ISBN 978-5-353-03368-4]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Экономика Цифровой Эры — Максим Мернес — читать книгу онлайн, на iPhone, iPad и Android|url=https://mybook.ru/author/maksim-mernes/ekonomika-cifrovojery/|website=MyBook — электронная библиотека|language=ru|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>
* 2019 — «Default of Russia – 2020», [[:ru:Служебная:Источники_книг/9785005058454|ISBN 978-5-9573-2281-8]]
* 2019 — «BITCOIN – its easy », [[:ru:Служебная:Источники_книг/978-5-0050-6174-4|ISBN 978-5-9573-2500-0]]
* 2019 — «CryptoBoss», [[:ru:Служебная:Источники_книг/978-5-0050-5422-7|ISBN 978-5-9573-2597-0]]

== Other works ==

=== The Economics of the Digital Age ===
In 2019, the publisher Ridero announced «The Economics of the Digital Age». A book was published by the economist of the digital era in which Russian rule is criticized. The book has arguments about the fall of the Russian ruble and the fall of the Russian economy. And also about the transition of the world economic system to blockchain.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.livelib.ru/work/1003481730-ekonomika-tsifrovojery-maksim-mernes|title=Произведение «Экономика Цифровой Эры»}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Читать книгу «Экономика Цифровой Эры» онлайн— Максим Мернес — Страница 1 – MyBook|url=https://mybook.ru/author/maksim-mernes/ekonomika-cifrovojery/read/|website=MyBook — электронная библиотека|language=ru|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>

=== Death of the Russian economy ===
Also, the book Digital Economy on the Future of the World Economy was published as a maxim. On the example of the Russian crisis, the author shows the advantages of the blockchain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Книга "Цифровая экономика" — купить в интернет-магазине OZON с быстрой доставкой|url=https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/161635804/|website=OZON.ru|access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="1" |Year
! rowspan="1" |Title
! rowspan="1" |Note
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2018
|«Бомж»
|<small>[[Single (music)|digital singl]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=‎Бомж by Maxim Mernes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/gold-single/1369606669?i=1369606684|lang=en-us|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2018
|«Music Dance»
|<small>[[Single (music)|digital singl]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=‎Music Dance by Maxim Mernes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/gold-single/1369606669?i=1369606685|lang=en-us|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2018
|«Say My Name»
|<small>[[Single (music)|digital singl]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=‎Say Ny Name by Maxim Mernes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/gold-single/1369606669?i=1369606686|lang=en-us|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |2018
|«Funk»
|<small>[[Single (music)|digital singl]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=‎Funk by Maxim Mernes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/funk-single/1381230528?i=1381230532|lang=en-us|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref>
|}

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