84-year-old human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison for evading the duties of a "foreign agent" and organizing the activities of an "undesirable" organization established in Paris.

84-year-old human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison for evading the duties of a "foreign agent" and organizing the activities of an "undesirable" organization established in Paris.

@meduzalive 09 Jul 2026, 12:37

Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev was sentenced in absentia to five and a half years for creating the "Andrei Sakharov Institute," which was declared an undesirable organization in Russia, and for evading foreign agent obligations.

@varlamov_news 09 Jul 2026, 12:28