Case file · Folklore / legend
Shaman Gabyshev's march to 'drive out' Putin
Yakut shaman Alexander Gabyshev set out from Yakutsk in March 2019 to walk to Moscow and perform a rite to expel the 'demon' Putin; he was detained in Buryatia.
2019 CE · 62.03, 129.68 · status: official
The account
He drew crowds along the route. Authorities later had him confined to a psychiatric hospital, which human-rights groups condemned as political.