Gabyshev Aleksandr Prokopyevich, born November 22, 1968, resident of Yakutsk. Has a higher education in history. Hereditary shaman. Dual faith: baptized in Orthodoxy, but professes traditional Yakut beliefs. Suspected of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public calls for extremist activity") with imprisonment for up to 4 years.
From May 12 to July 22, 2020, he was forcibly detained in the Yakutsk Republican Psychoneurological Dispensary, when he was discharged from it by the decision of the medical commission. On January 27, 2021, he was again placed in the psychoneurological dispensary. In February 2021, it became known that another criminal case had been initiated against Gabyshev under Part 2 of Article. 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Use of violence dangerous to life or health against a government official”, liable to up to 10 years’ imprisonment).
Alexander Gabyshev calls himself a “warrior shaman” who received a mission from God to “expel Putin,” who, in his opinion, is “not a man, but a demon.” To do this, he decided to walk more than 8,000 kilometers from Yakutsk to Moscow and conduct a shamanic ritual there in August 2021. If Putin resigned by that time, the mission would be complete. In addition to the mystical part of his mission, he talks about the importance of democracy and reforms. Gabyshev emphasizes that he does not claim power himself.
