Claim 611

Ponomarenko told the court she would have asked for leniency only if she had committed a real crime.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Ponomarenko told the court she would have asked for leniency only if she had committed a real crime.
Field: action
Value: final statement to the court
About: incident 2023-russia-ponomarenko-fake-news-sentence
Source: Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko sentenced to 6 years in prison
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-02-15

Quotation from the source

she might have asked for leniency if she had committed a real crime, but said she had not