Siberian Shaman Forced Into Psychiatric Ward For Challenging Putin

In 2019, local shaman Aleksandr Gabyshev became famous for marching almost 3,000 kilometers from his hometown in Yakutsk towards Moscow. He intended to use his “shamanic powers to ‘purge’ Vladimir Putin from power.” The 52-year old, who belongs to the Yakut Turkic ethnic minority group, is known for practicing Shamanism. A third of the way along his journey to Moscow, police officers nabbed Gabyshev and charged him with making “public calls for extremism.” When Gabyshev announced in January 2021 that he would continue to “exorcise” Putin out of Moscow, the police broke into the house and arrested him. Putin had much more to worry about this time; Gabyshev planned to head out on horseback, with followers and reporters behind him. On September 23rd, the Yakutsk City Court rejected Gabyshev’s appeal of the previous ruling that indefinitely confined him to a psychiatric facility for a mandatory “intensive treatment.” The court concluded that Gabyshev lacks legal capacity due to insanity, despite the protest of his defense attorneys.

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Siberian Shaman Forced into Psychiatric Ward for Challenging Putin

Location: Russia