Putin has [ reestablished the Soviet practice ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/russian-artist-cuts-off-earlobe-protest-forced-psychiatric-treatment-dissidents ) of declaring dissidents mentally incompetent and imprisoning them in mental hospitals.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#22_October_2014_%28Putting_dissidents_in_mental_hospitals%29