Overview
- A state prosecutor asked the court to impose eight years in a general-regime colony, as reported by a RIA Novosti correspondent present at the hearing.
- Mongait is being tried in absentia following a court-ordered arrest in absentia and her placement on an international wanted list.
- She faces charges under paragraph “d” of part 2 of Article 207.3 for publicly disseminating what authorities assert is knowingly false information about the military’s use.
- Investigators allege she posted materials about Russian forces’ actions on the territory of another state that were accessible to an unlimited audience.
- Both Mongait and the Dozhd television channel are designated as foreign agents in Russia, and the cited offense carries a maximum penalty of up to ten years’ imprisonment.