16:38, 19 March 2026

Z-blogger Remeslo was placed in a mental hospital after criticizing Putin.

Nalchik native Ilya Remeslo, a lawyer and blogger, has been placed in a St. Petersburg psychiatric hospital after Apti Alaudinov, head of the Akhmat special forces, questioned whether the pro-Putin blogger's criticism of the president was voluntary.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Apti Alaudinov, head of the Akhmat special forces, called blogger Ilya Remeslo, who published a series of posts criticizing the government today. Remeslo confirmed that he had not been hacked. Alaudinov suggested checking to see if the blogger was being held hostage and stated that the conversation with Remeslo surprised him.

Some Z-bloggers are conspiratorial enemies of Russia or unknowingly serve its interests by criticizing Akhmat, unit commander Apti Alaudinov stated on November 14, 2025. He promised to destroy such Z-bloggers "legally through criminal prosecution" if they do not apologize. On the same day, the Gelendzhik City Court fined Oksana Kobeleva, the author of the Telegram channel "Security in a Vatnik," 30,000 rubles for publishing questions to the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, although she later deleted the post and repented for this material. On November 13, Alaudinov announced a reconciliation between two other Z-bloggers, Ilya Remeslo and Vladimir Grubnik - the latter, a friend of Akhmat, complained to the Chechens about criticism from Remeslo. The conflict between Remeslo and Grubnik arose due to the attitude towards pro-Putin Ukrainian defectors in the Z-community.

Prominent legal blogger Ilya Remeslo has been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital—the day after publicly changing his political stance, Baza reported today.

According to the news agency, Remeslo is being treated in the 16th department of the Skvortsov-Stepanov City Psychiatric Hospital in St. Petersburg. The hospital specializes in treating men with newly emerging symptoms of psychotic disorder. The department's patients include people with delusions, thought disorders, and incoherent speech, the report states.

Fontanka, citing the hospital's information desk, reported that patient Ilya Remeslo is being held in the department and can receive care packages.

Ilya Remeslo, a native of Nalchik, graduated from St. Petersburg State University with a law degree and was a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation from 2017 to 2020, according to the Civic Chamber's website.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421743