Ponomaryov, 49, fled to Ukraine after becoming the only member of Russia’s lower house of parliament to vote against the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and has since gained Ukrainian citizenship.
From: Kyiv Post— A Moscow court sentenced in absentia former Russian lawmaker Ilya Ponomaryov to a 10-year prison term on Wednesday for allegedly spreading “false” information about the Russian military and justifying terrorism.
Ponomaryov, 49, fled to Ukraine after becoming the only member of Russia’s lower house of parliament to vote against the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and has since gained Ukrainian citizenship.
According to prosecutors, Ponomaryov “reported knowingly false information about the use of the Russian army and also justified terrorist activity” in a video published online in March 2022.
Prosecutors did not name the video, but opposition media outlet Mediazona said it was a YouTube interview he gave to the Current Time TV channel entitled “Ilya Ponomaryov: (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will be killed. By whom? I don’t know yet”.
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