A military court in Moscow ruled on October 11 to send Aleksei Onoshkin, an anti-war activist from the city of Nizhny Novgorod, to a psychiatric clinic. Onoshkin was arrested in 2022 and charged with calls for terrorism and distributing fake news about Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The charges stemmed from his posts and comments on the Internet criticizing Russian aggression against Ukraine. In October last year, Onoshkin was transferred to a psychiatric clinic. Rights activists condemned the move, comparing it to Soviet times, when authorities used so-called "punitive psychiatry" to muzzle dissent. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Moscow Court Sends Anti-War Activist To Psychiatric Clinic
Russian anti-war activist Aleksei Onoshkin