The Hot Joints » Artem Basyrov http://www.thehotjoints.com Conservative news and opinion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:35 +0000 en hourly 1 Putin rival held in psychiatric ward 'to prevent him protesting against government'http://www.thehotjoints.com/2007/12/17/putin-rival-held-in-psychiatric-ward-to-prevent-him-protesting-against-government/ http://www.thehotjoints.com/2007/12/17/putin-rival-held-in-psychiatric-ward-to-prevent-him-protesting-against-government/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:38:08 +0000 Chris Jones http://www.thehotjoints.com/2007/12/17/putin-rival-held-in-psychiatric-ward-to-prevent-him-protesting-against-government/

From the Daily Mail:

A Russian opposition activist has been sent to a psychiatric hospital by authorities a day before a planned demonstration.

Artem Basyrov’s detention is the latest in a series of incidents suggesting a punitive Soviet-era practice is being revived under president Vladimir Putin.

Mr Basyrov, 20, was ordered to be held at a hospital in the central region of Mari El on November 23, a day before planned demonstrations, said Alexander Averin of the opposition National Bolshevik Party.

The party is part of the Other Russia coalition which organised the so-called Dissenters’ Marches across the country this year.

Mr Basyrov ran for the local legislature as an Other Russia candidate.

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