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    Lev Ponomaryov

    Russian politician

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  1. Lev Aleksandrovich Ponomaryov (Russian: Лев Алекса́ндрович Пономарёв, 2 September 1941) is a Russian political and civil activist. He is an executive director of the all-Russian movement "For Human Rights."

  2. Mar 22, 2023 · Right after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Lev Ponomarev, the leader of the movement For Human Rights and one of the country’s best-known human rights defenders, began collecting signatures under an anti-war petition.

  3. Mar 2, 2021 · Ponomaryov, 79, is a former Soviet-era lawmaker and State Duma deputy who helped found the Memorial human rights group. In 1991, he headed the legislature's...

  4. Mar 3, 2021 · Veteran human rights activist Lev Ponomarev has announced the dissolution of his For Human Rights movement. He was recently labeled a "foreign agent" himself, as authorities turn up the...

  5. Nov 15, 2023 · Lev Ponomarev is a founder and one of the most active members of the Common Action group which brings together leading members of the Russian human rights community. He was one of the main organizers of the All-Russia Emergency Congress for the Defence of Human Rights in January 2001.

  6. Dec 5, 2018 · A Russian court has sentenced Lev Ponomaryov, a prominent human rights defender and critic of President Vladimir Putin, to 25 days in jail for organizing a protest against the arrests of...

  7. Nov 5, 2019 · Prominent Russian human rights defender Lev Ponomaryov has announced a plan to create a new human rights organization based on his For Human Rights movement that was shut down by the authorities...

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