Maria Ponomarenko - Justice for Journalists

Maria Ponomarenko

Affiliated media: RusNews , Journalist

Incident date: November 14, 2022

Attack type:

  • House arrest

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta. Europe

Location: Russia, Altai krai, Barnaul

Additional information:

The court in Barnaul changed the preventive measure for the journalist of RusNews Maria Ponomarenko from arrest to house arrest. In late April 2022, a court in St. Petersburg sent Ponomarenko to the pre-trial detention center for spreading «fakes» about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

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