Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev was placed under compulsory treatment.

The Primorsky Krai Court refused to transfer Gabysheva to a general psychiatric hospital from a special clinic. The decision will be appealed, the shaman's lawyer said. Alexey Pryanishnikov. 

"Meanwhile, Alexander Gabyshev's next examination by a commission of psychiatrists will take place in early October," — the human rights activist added.

Alexander Gabyshev is known for having gone on a hiking trip from Yakutsk в Moscow to conduct a "rite of exorcism against Putin." The Yakut shaman was detained at the border a few weeks later. Buryatia и Irkutsk areaLater, he was placed in a mental hospital, and then a criminal case was opened for incitement to extremism.

In October 2021, the Yakutsk City Court placed Gabyshev in the Novosibirsk Psychiatric Hospital for compulsory treatment, and in April 2022, he was transferred to the Ussuriysk Hospital.

"In all their reports, [doctors] indicate that Alexander's condition is stable, that he poses no danger to society, and that he has shown no aggression toward himself or others, verbally or, especially, physically. Accordingly, they have always provided only positive assessments, and for the past year, doctors have been insisting on his transfer. Those behind the judges don't want to hear this." — said earlier Alexey Pryanishnikov в interview the "Eyewitnesses" project.

The lawyer has been defending the Yakut shaman's interests for five years, trying to get him out of a mental hospital. Previously, Alexey believed that the Russian authorities had targeted Gabyshev because of the international media attention and potential protests. Now he's leaning toward the idea that the Kremlin was genuinely afraid the shaman might perform a ritual to exorcise Putin.