For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a Russian court on Tuesday ordered an opposition activist to be sent to a mental institution for compulsory treatment.
Mikhail Kosenko, 38, who spent more than a year in preliminary detention on charges of taking part in a violent demonstration, was ordered by the Zamoskvoretsky district court of Moscow to undergo mental treatment at a prison-like mental institution for an undefined period.
Kosenko, one of a group of 28 opposition activists facing similar charges, was arrested shortly after an opposition rally near the Kremlin on May 6, 2012, the day before Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his third term as president.
Thousands of demonstrators protested what they believed was electoral fraud in the presidential vote. The rally ended with clashes between demonstrators and police, and more than 400 people were detained.
The Kremlin accused its political opposition of organizing and inciting the violence. The opposition blamed the Kremlin and called the charges against its activists false and politically motivated. Full story...
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Mikhail Kosenko, 38, who spent more than a year in preliminary detention on charges of taking part in a violent demonstration, was ordered by the Zamoskvoretsky district court of Moscow to undergo mental treatment at a prison-like mental institution for an undefined period.
Kosenko, one of a group of 28 opposition activists facing similar charges, was arrested shortly after an opposition rally near the Kremlin on May 6, 2012, the day before Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his third term as president.
Thousands of demonstrators protested what they believed was electoral fraud in the presidential vote. The rally ended with clashes between demonstrators and police, and more than 400 people were detained.
The Kremlin accused its political opposition of organizing and inciting the violence. The opposition blamed the Kremlin and called the charges against its activists false and politically motivated. Full story...
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