“The Moscow Region Prosecutor’s Office has organized an investigation into the escape of a man undergoing compulsory treatment from a psychiatric hospital,” the statement said. 

According to preliminary information, on Thursday, November 4, a man escaped from a psychiatric hospital located in the city district of Chekhov, who is under compulsory treatment by a court decision. 

Earlier, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Astrakhan region announced a reward of 100 thousand rubles for assistance in the search and capture of Basayev's gang member Magomed Alkhanov, who escaped from a mental hospital in Astrakhan.

Later, Magomed Alkhanov, a member of Shamil Basayev's gang, caught in Astrakhan, was placed in a pre-trial detention center.