Court removes third defense attorney in Maria Bonzler's treason case
The Kaliningrad Regional Court removed the third defense attorney, Roman Morozov, from the case of Maria Bonzler, who is accused of treason, citing his refusal to sign a confidentiality agreement for state secrets. This left Bonzler without legal representation, following similar removals of two previous defense attorneys under the same grounds.
Consensus
- The Kaliningrad Regional Court removed Roman Morozov as defense attorney for Maria Bonzler.
- Morozov was removed due to his refusal to sign a confidentiality agreement regarding state secrets.
- This is the third time a defense attorney has been removed from Bonzler's case for the same reason.
- Maria Bonzler has been in pre-trial detention since May 2025.
- The case involves charges of treason, with a potential sentence of up to 20 years.
- Bonzler's defense team claims they did not refuse to sign the document but added remarks about its abstract nature and lack of specificity.
- The defense has challenged the classification of case materials as state secrets through administrative lawsuits.
- Bonzler has reportedly suffered health issues in custody, including a near-fatal incident on June 20 due to medication mismanagement.
Points of divergence
- Bonzler previously rejected a state-appointed defense attorney who signed the state secrets agreement, and now she has no defense attorneys at all. — tg_severrealii
- The court also removed the state-appointed defense attorney at Bonzler's request, who had already signed the state secrets agreement. — tg_radiosvoboda
- The court session was held in closed proceedings, and Judge Alexander Marochkin withdrew to the deliberation room to issue a ruling on Morozov. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- Bonzler was initially charged with confidential cooperation with a foreign state due to correspondence with a Ukrainian representative, later upgraded to treason. — tg_severrealii
- The prosecution alleges Bonzler passed information about regional security personnel to foreign intelligence, though the specific country is unknown. — tg_radiosvoboda
Coverage (3 sources)
- Court disbarred Maria Bonzler's third lawyer, leaving her without defense in court — Север.Реалии
- 2 September Kaliningrad Regional Court Dismissed Last Defense by Agreement in Case of Lawyer Maria Bonczler,… — Радио Свобода
- Third defender removed from Maria Bonczler's lawyer case proceedings by agreement — SOTAvision
Key entities
- Maria Bonzler
- Roman Morozov
- Kaliningrad Regional Court
- Kaliningrad
- Slovo Zashchite
- For Human Rights
- Konstantina Rozhkova
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