Ekaterina Petianova

Ekaterina Petianova, a 37-year-old journalist and political activist, was hospitalized in a psychiatric facility in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on April 28, 2022, after being accused of discrediting the Russian military. Despite not writing the article that criticized the war in Ukraine, she faced abusive treatment in the hospital and was later released on May 27, 2022, with no mental health issues diagnosed. Petianova believes her hospitalization was a politically motivated act of suppression due to her active civic stance and has since faced legal repercussions for her activism.