Blogger Albert Gyurdzhiyan sent to compulsory psychiatric treatment
On September 21, 2017, blogger Albert Gyurjiyan, a supporter of the Artpodgotovka movement, was sent to compulsory psychiatric treatment in Nizhny Novgorod. In December 2017, the collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation confirmed this decision. On December 23, it became known that Gyurjiyan had escaped from the hospital, but on December 25 he was found and again placed in the clinic.