Maria Ponomarenko

Affiliated media: RusNews,, Journalist

Incident date: June 21, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sibir.Realii

Location: Russia, Altai krai, Barnaul

Additional information:

Maria Ponomarenko, a RusNews correspondent from Barnaul, was fined 75 thousand rubles. On 17 June, the police detained Ponomarenko after a protest rally against the city’s master plan and took her to the police station. She covered the event as a journalist. She was charged with repeated violation of the established procedure for arranging or conducting a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket.