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Harry Azaryan, a defendant in the case involving the Trotskyist cell “Workers’ Power,” has been sent for a forensic psychiatric evaluation at the request of the investigation. This was reported by the Telegram channel of his support group.
The decision was made on 18 September, and the evaluation will take 21 days. The young man has been sent to the 8th department of St Petersburg City Psychiatric Hospital No. 6 for the assessment.
In May, Azaryan was placed in a pre-trial detention centre under charges of inciting terrorism (Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). Pro-government Telegram channels, citing sources in the security services, claimed Azaryan had called for killings “to draw attention to the activities of the Workers’ Power cell” at “left-radical” meetings. They also said he “planned to use the other participants as ‘infantry’ for ‘direct action’ campaigns.”
According to the authorities, Azaryan addressed like-minded individuals gathered in a flat in St Petersburg during the past winter. Someone familiar with his speech said he “essentially repeated the classic Marxist perspective” on societal development: that growing dissatisfaction leads to revolutions. The activist spoke about class hatred and the violence it can breed. Azaryan said: “Our task is not to incite hatred, we are not extremists. Our task is to explain to people that capitalism is to blame.” Activists recorded this part of the speech and uploaded it to cloud storage. Allegedly, this became the basis for the criminal case.
You can support Harry Azaryan by sending him a paper letter to the address:
SPB GKUZ GPB No. 6 192012, St Petersburg, ul. Gribakinykh, 11. Department SPE No. 8
Azaryan Harry Eduardovich, born 2002.
It is not possible to send an electronic letter to the hospital.
- Harry Azaryan is a citizen of Kazakhstan, born in Karaganda, a major city in central Kazakhstan. In 2024, he graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at St Petersburg State University and continued his studies at the master’s level. Before his criminal prosecution, the young man participated in academic conferences, wrote poetry, and ran a Scottish dance club at his university.