Stopped the shaman who crossed Russia on foot to "throw" Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin

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It has been a long, winding, difficult road: and barren. Shaman Alexander Gabyshev , who had been crossing Russia on foot for half a year to arrive in Moscow in 2021 and "throw" the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has been arrested in a Siberian town, local media reported today. For months he proclaimed that Putin is a manifestation of the dark forces, some spirits that must be banished to save Russia from ruin. According to the shaman of the Gabyshev shaman - who believes that "popular assemblies" should be the only source of power in Russia - it could be prosecuted for trying to create an extremist group.

Gabyshev left Yakutsk, capital of the Republic of Saja, on March 6 of this year. The media had been captivated by the mysterious gaze of this 51-year-old Yakuta man who was saying that his mission responds to a divine order . God, as he explained, put a condition on him: to reach Moscow on foot, which would allow him to project the necessary force for the final duel. The bet was not less: the Russian capital is more than 4,700 kilometers from Yakutsk.

His only fuel to date had been his tiredness about the Kremlin and the equivalent in rubles at about 45 euros. In one of his interviews, the shaman said that he had undertaken the trip with that amount in his pocket, but a rudimentary 'crowdfunding' allowed him to move on: the people who crossed the road began to help him. Some, selflessly. Others, after knowing the name of their enemy to beat. Thus he could afford the expenses of his 'pilgrimage'.

His only company has been his dog and a friend who is chronicling the trip in the form of videos. Thus they have triumphed in social networks. Thanks to this popularity, this political shaman has occasionally stayed at the homes of some locals along the way. There is at least one unofficial Twitter account (@putshmana) dedicated to the shaman.

Along the way he has done his first practices as a mass leader. When Gabyshev arrived in the city of Chita, he addressed a crowd of more than 300 people. It seems that its popularity has worried the authorities. Gabishev was arrested at dawn on the border between the Republic of Buryatia and the Irkutsk region in Eastern Siberia. According to the 'Globalvoices' media, Gabyshev recently wondered publicly if the coming times might require less peaceful methods. He also spoke harshly of the president: "Putin is a beast, we must not negotiate with beasts . "

"Two vans arrived with policemen, who caught him" and put him inside a vehicle with his personal belongings cart to take him "in the direction of Ulan-Ude," the capital of Buryatia, said one of the followers of the Znak portal Shaman who was with him at the time of the arrest: "They broke into the store and put him face down."

Another witness of the events told 'Taiga.Info' that "dozens of security services" who surrounded the camp, where Gabyshev was with his followers, participated in the shaman's detention, and were "direct to your tent. " Until now it had traveled about 3,000 kilometers.

As the ultimate goal of his trip was to "expel" Putin once he arrived in Moscow, along the way he won the sympathy of opposition politicians . The local politicians of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation processed the permits for one of his speeches. But he has also stumbled in some towns with the antipathy of orthodox priests who consider him a madman.

The Interior Ministry of Russia today confirmed the arrest of a man wanted for crimes committed in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) without specifying whether it is Gabyshev, Efe reported.

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