Lida Moniava to remain director of children’s hospice after Russia drops charges over anti-war post
Lida Moniava, founder of the House with a Lighthouse children’s hospice, will remain the organization’s director after the criminal case against her was closed, Mikhail Biryukov, her defense attorney, told the Russian business news outlet RBC.
We said from the very beginning that there were no grounds for criminal charges in her actions. […] Now, finally, the investigation has reached the same conclusion. […] If there’s no verdict and no judicial investigation, and the case has been closed, there’s no reason for her to leave the post of director.
Moniava was detained in early September on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military. The case stemmed from a post on her Telegram channel published around the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Amid the case, Moniava said she would step down as director of the House with a Lighthouse hospice and leave its board. The case was closed on October 6 for lack of grounds for criminal prosecution, it was reported.
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