US EditionU.S. Citizen Joseph Tater Leaves Russia After Compulsory Treatment
- American citizen Joseph Tater was taken into custody in Moscow on August 12, 2024, and received a 15-day jail sentence for minor hooliganism at a local hotel.
- Following the initial sentence, an investigation into assaulting a police officer was conducted; however, in April 2025, a court ruled that Tater was not legally accountable for his actions because of a diagnosed mental disorder.
- Tater was removed from pretrial detention and transferred to a psychiatric facility, where he stayed for over a month before being discharged on June 6, 2025.
- State media reported Tater had left Russia after his discharge, though his current whereabouts remain unknown amid ongoing diplomatic prisoner exchanges.
- This case coincides with U.S. And Russia discussing prisoner swaps, as Tater was among nine Americans Moscow held, indicating potential diplomatic implications.
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U.S. citizen Joseph Tater leaves Russia after forced psychiatric treatment
U.S. citizen Joseph Tater has left Russia after being confined to inpatient treatment at a psychiatric clinic in Moscow, the news agency TASS reported on June 6. In August 2024, Tater was jailed for disorderly conduct after being ejected from the lobby of a Radisson hotel. He was also investigated for the felony offense of assaulting a police officer. In March 2025, a judge released Tater with the condition that he not leave the country.
Russian authorities accused Joseph Tater of an attack on a police officer. He was detained and sent to a notorious psychiatry. Now, apparently, there is a negotiation success.
A U.S. citizen, Joseph Tater, was transferred from inpatient treatment at a Moscow psychiatric clinic to an outpatient clinic, at...
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