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Imprisoned Siberian anti-war activist and journalist Maria Ponomarenko's lawyer, Dmitry Shitov, told RFE/RL on February 8 that a court in Kemerovo rejected his client's appeal against her verdict and sentence.
Siberian journalist Maria Ponomarenko, who was sentenced to six years in prison last month on a charge of discrediting Russia’s armed forces involved in Moscow ongoing invasion of Ukraine, says she was beaten while in custody.