The Nagatinsky District Court of Moscow has declared Andrei Gaevsky, a defendant in the "anti-war case," insane and sent him for compulsory treatment. This was reported by Mediazona, citing a correspondent in the courtroom; information about the decision is available in the case file on the court's website.
The prosecutor also requested compulsory medical measures.
Gaevsky is charged with disseminating military "fakes" motivated by political hatred (clause "d" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). According to investigators, in the summer of 2022, Gaevsky published a post on a social network about the crimes of Russian military personnel in Bucha.
ASTRA wrote about the case being opened in March. The case was submitted to the court at the end of April. The hearing was held behind closed doors.
On June 1, 2023, the man was taken from his home and left at the Zyablikovo Department of Internal Affairs, where he was held and forced to sign a confession to placing an anti-war post, but was released without drawing up a report. On June 8 at 6 a.m., security forces broke into Gaevsky's home to inspect the premises, forced him to the floor, took away his equipment and took him to the Zyablikovo Department of Internal Affairs, where he was again held for about five hours, forcing him to sign a confession. On the same day, the Nagatinsky Court sentenced him to a fine under the article on disobeying a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).
- Since February 24, 2022 — the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — residents of Russian cities have been taking part in anti-war protests and talking about the tragedy online every day. Anti-war speeches and statements are becoming grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 900 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protests against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our infographic .
- Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 — this is how the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under the article is 15 years in prison.