Irkutsk activist accused of justifying terrorism was placed in a psychiatric hospital

Civil activist Dmitry Nadein was transported to Irkutsk and placed in a regional psychiatric hospital. The mother of the defendant reported this to OVD-Info.

Nadein is accused under the article on justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of his statement about the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB Directorate. July 19, that the activist should be sent for compulsory treatment.

the court ruled. At the time of the court's decision, Nadein was in Khabarovsk - he was supposedly there by mistake from Irkutsk. The defendant was to be transferred ten days later until the decision came into force.

taken away At the same time, as the activist’s mother noted, he was taken out of the pre-trial detention center only after about three weeks - the woman does not know the exact date, since she has limited communication with her son. After this, Nadein was transported to Chita, where he stayed for two days.

An OVD-Info interlocutor said that the FSIN employees were in no hurry to send the defendant back to Irkutsk - because of this, Nadein decided to go on a hunger strike in protest. A few hours later they responded to this and took the man to his destination.

On August 29, Nadein arrived in Irkutsk, immediately after that he wrote a letter to his mother and told about what had happened. On September 3, the activist was placed in a regional psychiatric hospital. The woman came there to visit her son, but she was not allowed in due to a ban on visits during the coronavirus pandemic.

“They [the patients] haven’t seen anyone for a year and a half. On the contrary, relatives should be close to them, calm them down and pass them something tasty. But they are not allowed in at all,” noted Nadeina’s mother.

In addition, the clinic staff stated that patients should not write letters or make calls. “A hospital is worse than a prison. You can send letters from the pre-trial detention center, but here you can’t do anything at all,” says an OVD-Info interlocutor.

The woman also tried to take the package to her son twice - the first time the hospital staff refused to accept it. They agreed the second time when Nadein’s mother said that she had not seen her son for almost a year. Then they handed over a small note from their son.

After this, the woman decided to contact the Human Rights Commissioner in the Irkutsk region and wrote a complaint about the ban on communication with her son. After some time, her relative managed to get through to the attending physician - the doctor reminded her of the complaint and stated that letters and calls to patients are not prohibited. In this case, the phone can only be used twice a month for five minutes.

After a conversation between the Nadeins’ relative and the attending physician, OVD-Info’s interlocutor was told that she could come to the hospital and talk to the doctor about her son’s condition. However, only one reception day per week is allocated for this.

The defendant’s mother added that Nadein will spend six months in the hospital - after this time, a council of doctors will decide whether he should continue to be in a medical institution.

• On February 4, security forces conducted a search in the house of Dmitry Nadein, and on the same day the activist was taken into custody. concluded - In October 2018, anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky bombed the building of the Arkhangelsk FSB. Three employees were injured, the young man himself died. A few minutes before the incident, a message about an explosion appeared in the “Rebel Speech” telegram chat. After this, a criminal case was opened regarding a terrorist attack. blew up - OVD-Info about more than 30 criminal cases of “justification of terrorism” initiated in the wake of the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB. known