On 2 August 2004 he participated in a non-violent direct action in protest of the cancellation of social benefits in Russia, where he was part of a group of national-bolsheviks who occupied the office of the Minister of Health Mikhail Zurabov.
On 2 August 2004 Maxim Gromov had participated in a non-violent direct action in protest the cancellation of social benefits in Russia. Gromov had been part of a group national-bolsheviks who occupied office of Ministry of Health Mikhail Zurabov.