Russia charges a children’s hospice founder with spreading ‘fakes’ about the military over a post condemning the war. She faces up to 10 years in prison.

Russian authorities detained Lida Moniava, head of the “House with a Lighthouse” children’s hospice, and charged her with spreading “fake” information about the Russian military motivated by political hatred (Article 207.3, Part 2, Clause D of Russia’s Criminal Code). Officers searched Moniava’s home on the morning of September 2 and brought her in for questioning at the Investigative Committee, Russia’s main law enforcement agency for major crimes. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 ye...