Yakutia's Supreme Court Upholds Forced Psychiatric Treatment of…
The Yakutia Supreme Court kept shaman Alexander Gabyev under compulsory treatment. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the extension of the shaman's compulsory treatment in a psychiatric facility.
Consensus
- The Supreme Court of Yakutia denied an appeal by shaman Alexander Gabyshev regarding his forced psychiatric treatment.
- The court refused to appoint a psychological-psychotherapeutic expert examination at the Serbsky National Research Center.
- Gabyshev has been under compulsory psychiatric treatment since 2021.
- Gabyshev was detained in 2019 while walking from Yakutsk to Moscow with the stated goal of 'expelling Putin'.
- A medical commission declared Gabyshev legally incompetent in January 2021.
- The court upheld the decision of the city court to extend his treatment until December.
- The defense plans to appeal the decision in the Cassation Court in Vladivostok.
- Gabyshev's health has reportedly deteriorated due to psychotropic medications.
Points of divergence
- Doctors from Ussuriysk previously considered Gabyshev non-dangerous to society. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The same judge who rejected the appeal in September 2021 is now reviewing the case again, creating a 'looped' legal process. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- The judge did not consider the opinion of a doctor of sciences or the representative of the guardianship authority. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- In 2025, a court allowed Gabyshev to be transferred to a milder regime in a hospital in Yakutsk, but the implementation was delayed by nearly half a year. — tg_sibrealii
- Gabyshev was charged with incitement to extremism and violence against a police officer. — tg_echoonline_news
Coverage (4 sources)
- Supreme Court of Yakutia Refused to Cancel Mandatory "Treatment" of Shaman Gabyshev in a Hospital — Радио Свобода
- Under similar articles of the Criminal Code, people are released from prison after 4 years, but here they unsuccessfully 'treat' for 6 years — SOTAvision
- Supreme Court of Yakutia left shaman Alexander Gabyshev on compulsory treatment — Сибирь.Реалии
- Supreme Court of Yakutia extended compulsory psychiatric treatment of shaman Alexander Gabyshev and refused him a proceeding... — ЭХО / Новости