Student Andrei Barshai, accused in the "Moscow case" , will be sent for an inpatient psychiatric examination. Barshai's lawyer Mansur Gilmanov told Mediazona about this.

The examination will begin next week and will last a month. It will take place at Moscow's Alekseyev Psychiatric Hospital No. 1. Barshai already underwent an outpatient examination there on October 25.

The lawyer, citing the investigator, said that they decided to send Barshai for an inpatient examination because of doubts that arose in the doctors during the outpatient examination. They suspected that during the protest on July 27, the student could have been in a state of affect or even insane.

Andrey Barshai is a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute.
Barshai was detained on October 14. He was accused of running and pushing a Rosgvardiya fighter in the back during a rally for free elections to the Moscow City Duma on July 27. On October 16, Barshai was arrested , as were four other new defendants in the "Moscow case."
On October 24, the student's lawyer stated that his client was pressured by his cellmates in the temporary detention facility. In particular, according to the lawyer, they urged Barshai to make a deal with the investigation.

The defendant in the "Moscow case" Andrei Barshai will be sent to a hospital for a psychiatric examination