Russian Journalist Jailed For Six Years For Posting About Ukraine Invasion

Russian journalist jailed for reporting on Mariupol theatre bombing

A Russian court sentences a journalist to six years in prison for comments critical of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.

Russian Journalist Maria Ponomarenko Sentenced To Six Years After Mariupol Social Media Post

RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarekno was sentenced to six years in prison, the BBC reported Wednesday.

A Russian journalist sentenced to six years for a 'post' critical of the Kremlin about the bombing of the Mariupol theater

Reporter Maria Ponomarenko attributed the attack that killed hundreds of people to Moscow in an Instagram post

Russian Journalist Gets Six Years for Accusing Russia of Ukraine Theater Bombing

A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony on Wednesday for accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last April where women and children were sheltering. The Lenin district court in the Siberian city of Barnaul also banned Maria Ponоmarenko from working as a journalist for five years, according to a court service statement. State prosecutors had asked for a nine-year sentence. "…

Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war

The Kremlin has banned the spread of ‘false information’ or criticism about the Russian army during the war in Ukraine.

Russian journalist Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

The court in Barnaul in Siberia found her guilty of spreading “fake news”, under laws introduced aimed at stifling dissent about the invasion of Ukraine.