The journalist of the Russian edition of RusNews, Maria Ponomarenko, who is charged with an article on discrediting the Russian army, opened the veins in the pre -trial detention center, where it has been located since April; She remained alive, the Russian media reported.
August 25, the court extended its maintenance in jail until September 29.
It is noted that Ponomarenko has problems with mental health, a hysterical personality disorder is diagnosed, she has claustrophobia. For a week from September 6 to 13, she spent in Kartsere for breaking the window in the cell.
According to Maria, the content in the pre-trial detention center affected her psyche, which is why she broke the window, and also opened the veins. She does not receive the necessary psychiatric care in the isolation ward.
In July, Ponomarenko said that she was injured by unknown drugs in a psychiatric hospital, where she was sent for examination.
Ponomarenko was detained on April 24 in St. Petersburg, she is charged with an article about Fakes about the Russian army because of the post of March 17 about the Mariupol Theater, destroyed by Russian troops. Ponomarenko is forbidden to write letters to relatives and meet them. She faces up to 10 years in prison.