The third sentence for Maria Ponomarenko, abduction and torture in Chechnya: News on political repression
This translation was made by AI The Rubtsovsk City Court in Altai Krai sentenced journalist Maria Ponomarenko to 1 year and 10 months in prison on charges of disrupting the activities of a penal colony. Taking into account her previous sentences, her total sentence now stands at 2 years and 3 months in a general regime colony. According to investigators, Ponomarenko refused to comply with the demands of staff at Penal Colony No. 6 and attacked them; she denies any wrongdoing.