Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko sentenced to 22 additional months in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko sentenced to 22 additional months in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, March 28, 2025—A court in Russia’s southern Altai Krai on Thursday convicted Maria Ponomarenko, a correspondent for independent news site RusNews, of using violence against prison staff and sentenced her to an additional 22 months in prison. Ponomarenko is already serving a six-year prison sentence after being convicted in February 2023 on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. “The additional 22 months in p…

Maria Ponomarenko was already serving a years-long prison sentence for her conviction in the bombing of the Mariupol theatre.

A Russian court on Thursday extended the prison sentence of journalist Maria Ponomarenko, who has been serving a six-year sentence since 2023 for spreading false news about the war in Ukraine, by another year and ten months. She did this by accusing the Russian air force of bombing a Mariupol theater where women and children were hiding. The court on Thursday extended the sentence of the Siberian journalist for an alleged assault on prison staff…

Russian court extends sentence of imprisoned Siberian journalist

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, imprisoned for spreading \"fake news\" about the war in Ukraine, was handed an additional sentence on Thursday on charges of attacking prison staff, her employer said.

Russia: Anti-war activist Maria Ponomarenko’s prison sentence extended in escalating repression

Reacting to the Shipunovsky District Court ruling to extend the six-year sentence of Maria Ponomarenko, Russian journalist and anti-war activist, for speaking out against Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said:“The Russian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Maria Ponomarenko. Sentencing her to six years imprisonment for merely speaking out against the war, co…

Jailed Journalist Ponomarenko Receives New Sentence for Alleged Assault on Prison Guards

Siberian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko, who is serving a six-year jail sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, was sentenced Thursday to an additional year and 10 months for allegedly assaulting prison guards.