Pro-Kremlin blogger who recently criticised Putin placed in psychiatric hospital

Ilya Remeslo, a pro-Kremlin Russian blogger and informant who recently spoke out against Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

By VALENTYNA ROMANENKO

Pro-Kremlin Russian blogger who turned on Putin sent to psychiatric unit

A pro-Kremlin figure who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in a social media post this week that went viral has been placed in a psychiatric facility, Russian media reported on Thursday. Ilya Remeslo made a career denouncing Putin’s critics until he became one himself, posting a manifesto late on Tuesday to his 90,000 followers on ⁠Telegram entitled: “Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin.” He said Putin had prosecuted a “failing war...

By Reuters,Bloomberg

Pro-Kremlin Blogger Who Blasted Putin Put In Psychiatric Hospital

A staff member at Saint Petersburg's psychiatric hospital number 3 said that a man with Remeslo's full name and the same year of birth had been admitted to the facility a day earlier.

Days ago, a longtime pro-Putin blogger published a tirade against the Russian president. Now he’s in a psychiatric hospital.

Ilya Remeslo, a longtime pro-Kremlin blogger known for filing complaints against critics of the Russian authorities, made waves in the country this week when he published a Telegram post titled “Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin.” Days later, he was reported to have been hospitalized at a St. Petersburg psychiatric facility. Here’s what we know about Remeslo’s about-face.