The court in Tula decided to send the suspect for repeated discrediting of the army for a psychiatric examination

The Proletarsky District Court of Tula agreed to send Andrei Pavlov, suspected under the article on repeated discrediting of the army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), for an inpatient psychiatric examination. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Yulia Tregubova, who represented Pavlov’s interests in court.

The investigation requested that the person involved in the criminal case be placed in a psychiatric hospital. The court sent Pavlov to the Tula Regional Psychiatric Hospital named after. Kameneva.

About the criminal case against Pavlov in early August. The reason for the case was Pavlov’s publications on the Internet. At the end of March, a man was already under the administrative article of discredit (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to the fact that he attached the flag of Ukraine to his jacket, the inscription “Putin stop war” and the red and black flag designated in the court order as a “Cossack protest banner”. On August 1, a search was carried out in the suspect’s apartment, during which a system unit, three phones and SIM cards were seized.

It became known that Andrei Pavlov was fined and released from the hospital after a psychiatric examination as part of a criminal case. The man was in the Tula Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 named after. N.P. Kameneva." This was reported by Pavlov’s lawyer from OVD-Info, Yulia Tregubova.

October 19, 20:40 - Since February 24—the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 240 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. guide - Article 280.3 to the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the government responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under the article is five years in prison. turned on