Galina Archagova
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Compulsory medical treatment
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ПКБ № 5 ДЗМ
- Address for letters
- 142370, Московская область, Чеховский р-н, c. Троицкое, д. 5, ПКБ № 5 ДЗМ, Арчагова Галина Александровна, 1958 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of Moscow. In February 2024, she was taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism because of a video about the Freedom of Russia Legion. After an expert examination at the Serbsky Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology, she was transferred to a medical unit. Later, the court sent her to compulsory treatment.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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