The court has ordered compulsory treatment for a defendant in the “Moscow case”

The Tverskoy District Court in Moscow has ordered compulsory treatment for Yevgeny Kikeev, who was accused of inciting mass disorder (Part 3, Article 212 of the Criminal Code) and inciting hatred (Clause “a,” Part 2, Article 282 of the Criminal Code) at a rally in August 2019. This was reported by Mediazona.

Kikeev will undergo treatment at a general-type medical facility under inpatient conditions.

His case was considered behind closed doors.

The arrest of 35-year-old Kikeev became known in January 2025, but exactly when he ended up in a remand prison remains unclear. In August 2024, he was arrested in absentia—his record remained in the wanted database at least until October.

It was first reported that Kikeev was under investigation in 2020. The reason was a video from a “For Fair Elections and Against Political Repression” protest that took place in Moscow on 31 August 2019. In that footage, Kikeev can be heard telling other protesters: “Why the fuck are you standing there silent? You have to fight like in Ukraine. Stones, fuck, stones.”

• In the summer of 2019, mass protests took place in Moscow after independent candidates were barred from the Moscow City Duma elections. The protests were accompanied by large-scale detentions. According to OVD-Info, 1,373 people were detained at the 27 July 2019 rally. The criminal prosecution of participants in these protests became known as the ‘Moscow Case’—more than 20 people were prosecuted.