Maria Ponomarenko

Affiliated media: RusNews, Journalist

Incident date: April 24, 2022

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: DOXA

Location: Russia, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg

Additional information:

Maria Ponomarenko, the journalist of the independent media RusNews, was detained in St. Petersburg. She is charged with distributing «deliberately false information» about the Russian army under Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code. A court in St. Petersburg extended Ponomarenko’s detention by 72 hours so that her lawyers could study the case materials. She could face up to 10 years in prison.