Maria Ponomarenko, a 44-year-old mother of two, claims authorities are seeking to silence her because of her opposition to the war in Ukraine. She was ordered to be confined in a Siberian psychiatric hospital
The news that a Russian journalist who posted on her Twitter account that “sane people want peace” expressing disagreement with Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been ordered to be locked up in a Siberian psychiatric hospital is causing an uproar.
Maria Ponomarenko, a 44-year-old mother of two, claims the authorities are seeking to silence her because of her opposition to the war.
Ponomarengo is accused of spreading fake news about Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Maria Ponomarenko faces up to 10 years in prison for a Telegram post about the Russian bombing of a theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in which hundreds of civilians were killed.https://t.co/lqyGrrRHG3
— Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) July 3, 2022
One of her comments, which was deemed illegal by prosecutors, said: “It is impossible to remain silent, knowing the death of thousands of innocent people.”
Her “fake” Telegram posts also included critical comments about Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol in April, where hundreds of civilians were sheltering.
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL
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