Olga Kuzmina
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 213 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Compulsory medical treatment
- Date of verdict
- 2022-10-20
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
An environmental activist who opposed urban redevelopment and the cutting down of trees. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a protest during which Kuzmina climbed a tree with a crossbow that was unfit for shooting. On 17 August 2021 she was placed under house arrest. On 4 August 2023 a court ordered that Kuzmina be sent for compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. Kuzmina has left Russia.
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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