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Hundreds cheer outside Moscow courthouse as children’s hospice head Lida Moniava avoids pretrial detention amid charges for spreading ‘fakes’ about Russian military
Source: Meduza

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court ordered pretrial restrictions for Lida Moniava, director of the House with a Lighthouse children’s hospice, who is accused of spreading “fakes” about the Russian military. The court granted investigators’ request to forbid Moniava from leaving her home between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., communicating with witnesses, and using the internet. Several hundred people waited for Moniava outside the courthouse. They greeted her with applause as the crowd chanted, “Lida!”
Meduza