Russia charged children’s hospice founder Lida Moniava with spreading ‘fake news’ about the military over an anti-war post. Investigators now say she committed no crime.
Source: Lida Moniava Support Group
The felony case against Lida Moniava, founder of the Lighthouse Charity Foundation hospice, has been abandoned after officials determined that her actions do not constitute a crime.
An investigator told Moniava’s lawyer, Mikhail Biryukov, that the case had been dropped, according to her support group’s Telegram channel.
Moniava was investigated under a law banning the spread of “fake news” about the Russian army. The case stemmed from a post on her Telegram channel in February 2023.
Moniava was detained on September 2. The next day, a court imposed pretrial restrictions barring her from certain activities.
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