The mother of Astra's founder was searched, and Maria Ponomarenko was left in pretrial detention: a chronicle of political repression today.
🔸 In Ulyanovsk Security forces searched the apartment of the mother of the founder of ASTRA Anastasia ChumakovaThe search is related to a criminal case against the journalist for allegedly spreading fake news about the army motivated by political hatred. It is unknown which specific publication by Chumakova or Astra led to the prosecution.
Anastasia's mother was questioned as a witness. Law enforcement officers read her personal correspondence and then confiscated the 61-year-old woman's electronics.
Anastasia Chumakova hasn't lived in the apartment where the search took place for over ten years, nor is she even registered there, her colleagues write. The journalist is currently outside of Russia.
🔸RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko, A woman who is in prison was not admitted to a mental health clinic for examination, her support group reported.
“Please inform my lawyer that I will remain in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 in Barnaul until October 30th.” — says the letter from Maria.
From Penal Colony No. 9 Rubtsovsk в Barnaul Maria was transferred on October 20.
🔸 Krasnodar activist Daria Polyudova, serving a sentence in Kostroma women's prison, went on a hunger strike and drinks only water.
Polyudova is protesting the constant pressure in the penal colony: she currently has six reprimands and a fine. Punishment in solitary confinement and stricter conditions will follow.
Moreover, Daria complained that her things were being stolen, and the reprimand for "unscrupulous attitude to work" was provoked by the administration itself, after having previously cut Polyudova's production quota in the sewing shop.
