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Convict Escaped From Mental Hospital and Is Hiding in Prague, Russians Are Angry

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American Joseph Tater, who was sent to forced psychiatric treatment by a Moscow court, is in Prague and does not intend to return to Moscow, the Russian state agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing unnamed sources from Russian judicial authorities.
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American Joseph Tater, who was sent to forced psychiatric treatment by a Moscow court, is in Prague and does not intend to return to Moscow, the Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing unnamed sources in the Russian judicial authorities. According to them, Tater, who faced charges in Russia for assaulting a police officer, has both American and Czech citizenship.

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American Joseph Tater, who was sent to forced psychiatric treatment by a Moscow court, is in Prague and does not intend to return to Moscow, the Russian state agency TASS reported on Saturday, citing unnamed sources from Russian judicial authorities.

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Tater was one of nine Americans held in Russia, according to a Kremlin source, whose return Washington wanted as part of a potential prisoner exchange, Reuters previously reported. "According to preliminary findings, Joseph Tater left the territory of the Russian Federation more than a month ago when he flew from Moscow's Vnukovo airport to the Turkish capital. Subsequently, from Istanbul, the American went to the Czech capital, where he current…

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Moscow/Prague - American Joseph Tater, who was sent to forced psychiatric treatment by a Moscow court, is in Prague and does not intend to return to Moscow, the Russian state news agency TASS reported today, citing unnamed sources in the Russian judicial authorities. According to them, Tater, who faced charges in Russia for assaulting a police officer, has both American and Czech citizenship.

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ceskenoviny.cz broke the news in on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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