Vadim Charushev

Vadim Charushev is a Russian political activist who was forced into psychiatric confinement in Russia for two weeks in March 2009.^[1]

According to his lawyer, Charushev was detained by police and then forcibly hospitalized on March 6, 2009. He was released two weeks later after a public campaign in his favor.

Charuzev is the creator and moderator of many political opposition discussion groups on a Russian social networking group, Vkontakte.^[2]

Many of Charuzev's relatives believe his confinement was a punishment for his political activity.^{[citation needed]}