Lev Ponomarev

Events

• In March 2026, Ponomareva* was declared a wanted person. She was…
• A protest against the deportation of Russian defector Daniil…

Recent coverage

• A picket in Paris supported a Russian defector to whom France refused asylum — Новая газета Европа
• What happened? Top news for July 9 according to SOTAvision: — SOTAvision
• Defender Lev Ponomarev sentenced in absentia to five and a half years in Russia — Фонтанка
• Human rights defender Lev Ponomarev arrested in absentia, Moscow Khovrinsky District Court reported — ASTRA
• Defender Lev Ponomarev sentenced in absentia for creating 'undesirable' Andrei Sakharov Institute — Meduza
• Defender Lev Ponomarev sentenced in absentia in Russia: what sentence was given and for which crimes — Вечерняя Москва
• Defender Ponomarev sentenced to 5.5 years in absentia — Ведомости
• Foreign Agent Ponomarev Sentenced to 5 Years and 6 Months in Absence — Вести
• Defender of rights agent Lev Ponomarev sentenced to 5.5 years in absentia — Коммерсантъ
• Human rights defender Lev Ponomarev sentenced in absentia to five and a half years on charges of creating the 'Andrei Sakharov Institute'... — Varlamov News
• Moscow Court Sentenced Human Rights Defender Lev Ponomarev to 5.5 Years in Prison in Absentia — Интерфакс
• Dissident and human rights defender Lev Ponomarev sentenced to over five years in absentia for creating the 'Andrei Sakharov Institute' — SOTAvision
• Human rights activist and foreign agent Lev Ponomarev requested more than six years in prison — Коммерсантъ
• Lev Ponomarev is sought in absentia for six and a half years for creating the 'Andrei Sakharov Institute' and lack of 'foreign agent' labels in publications — Медиазона
• Lev Ponomarev to be tried in absentia for creating the 'Andrei Sakharov Institute' and failing to mark publications as 'foreign agent' — Медиазона