RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko, accused of "fake news about the army", was released under house arrest. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Soft power".
Ponomarenko has been in jail since April. In September, she opened her veins. It was reported that the journalist had mental health problems, she was diagnosed with hysterical personality disorder and claustrophobia. She did not receive the necessary psychiatric care in the isolation ward.
In July, Ponomarenko said that she was injected with unknown drugs in a psychiatric hospital, where she was sent for an examination.
The journalist was detained on April 24 in St. Petersburg, where she moved from Barnaul at the end of March. On April 25, a search was conducted in her Barnaul apartment. She is charged with an article about “fakes” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) because of a post dated March 17 about the Mariupol theater destroyed by Russian troops.
Ponomarenko faces up to 10 years in prison. She has two minor daughters who are in her full care.