Court sends figurant of case on Sochi explosions to new forensic-psychiatric examination

The Krasnodar Regional Court has cancelled the decision on coercive measures of medical nature in regard to the ex-militiaman Ilya Galkin, accused of committing a series of explosions in Sochi in 2008-2009, and sent the defendant to a new forensic-psychiatric examination, said a source from the Territorial Prosecutor's Office.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that, according to investigators, the former militiaman Ilya Galkin and an employee of the local TV company Mikhail Denisenko committed, in the period from June 2008 to February 2009, nine explosions in different parts of Sochi. On June 21, 2010, the defendants partially admitted their guilt. Galkin underwent forensic-psychiatric examinations. The first two concluded that the ex-militiaman was sane, but after the last one, experts concluded that Galkin was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. The Prosecutor's Office petitioned on sending Ilya Galkin to compulsory treatment. On May 17, 2012, the court ruled on application of compulsory medical measures to Ilya Galkin.

According to Judge Ivan Koveshnikov, doctors came to the conclusion that Galkin "suffered a temporary mental disorder in the course of reactive psychogenic depression." "The commission believes that during his stay in the hospital, he showed signs of simulation, that is, deliberately portrayed a mental illness," said the judge.

The prosecution has supported the decision to abolish the compulsory medical treatment. Meanwhile, Vitaly Anisimov, Galkin's defender, has objected to this decision. He believes that the diagnosis delivered to Galkin was wrong.

The next hearing on the case is scheduled for July 22.