A Russian court will evaluate on April 14 the possibility of ordering forced hospitalization in a psychiatric clinic of the American Joseph Tater accused of assaulting a Russian police officer.
The Meschanski District Court of the Russian capital will attend the request of the doctors of the Alexéev Clinical Hospital in Moscow, who claim that the accused suffers from psychiatric problems as the Russian agency Tass reported this Sunday.
“On March 15, 2025, the Commission of Psychiatrists diagnosed the following psychic disorders of the citizen Joseph Tater: anxiety, impulsivity, ideas and delusional relationships, persecution mania, (…) Lack of criticism of state,” argued the medical institution.
In addition, Tass said that Tater also underwent psychiatric expertise at the National Center for Serbski Medical Research in the Russian capital after it was released on bail for Russian justice.
If the court makes the decision that the criminal procedure has no place due to the diagnosis of Tater, this could be sent to forced treatment, also by judgment of a court.
For its part, the American defense considers its possible “illegal and infundame” hospitalization and aims to keep the defendant detained through his seclusion in a psychiatric clinic.
The American was taken to a police station on the night of August 12 of last year after committing “acts of hooligrarism”, which is why he was sentenced to the beginning 15 days of administrative arrest.
Once at the police station, the man refused to present his identity documents and “He used violence” against an agent of order.
The 46 -year -old man intended to stay in a luxurious hotel in the Russian capital, but could not do so by not having the documents in order, so he faced the staff, which called the police.
The next day the Moscow Instruction Committee inconed a criminal case against the American for some positions that can carry up to five years in jail.
Exchanges of prisoners
Russia and the West made in August 2024 the greatest exchange of prisoners since the end of the Cold War in the framework of which journalists Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and former exarine Paul Whelan returned to the US, sentenced to long prison sentences in Russia.
Last February, Moscow and Washington starred in another bilateral exchange in which Russia liberated Mark Fogel, a teacher sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to enter Russia with medical cannabis, and Washington allowed the return of the alleged Russian cybercrime Alexandr Vínnik, processed by US justice for money laundering.
In turn, in mid -February Moscow confirmed the release of another American citizen, arrested shortly before in Moscow with half a kilo of hidden marijuana in jam containers.
Currently, another 20 Americans or double citizenship, according to human rights defenders.
One of them, Ksenia karelinawas sentenced 12 years in prison for “high betrayal” for making a donation to a foundation that helps the Ukrainian army.