Moscow Court Orders 2-Month Absentia Arrest of Zhanna Nemtsova Over “Undesirable” Group
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Updated · The Moscow Times · Jul 31
Moscow Court Orders 2-Month Absentia Arrest of Zhanna Nemtsova Over “Undesirable” Group
3 articles · Updated · The Moscow Times · Jul 31
Summary
Zhanna Nemtsova was ordered held in pre-trial detention for two months if extradited or if she returns to Russia, under a Friday ruling by Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court.
The case accuses her of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization — a charge that carries up to six years in prison.
Nemtsova, who has lived in Europe for several years, founded the Germany-based Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, which Russian authorities labeled “undesirable” in 2024.
Her father, Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, was shot dead near the Kremlin in 2015; five men were convicted, but his family says those who ordered the killing remain unpunished.