Court in Moscow Ordered Detention for Boris Nemtsov's Daughter
The Zamoskvoretsky District Court set two months' detention for Zhanna Nemtsova if she returns or is extradited; she is accused over links to an organization declared "undesirable".
A district court in Moscow today decided to order detention for Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of the murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, and set the measure at two months if she returns to Russia or is extradited.
Nemtsova is accused of organizing activities of an organization that Russian authorities declared "undesirable", for which the accused face up to six years in prison. It is not yet clear when Russian authorities issued an arrest warrant; Zhanna has been living in Europe for several years.
The foundation and legal status
Zhanna Nemtsova is the founder of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, based in Germany, which in 2024 Russian authorities declared "undesirable". That decision is at the center of the charges against her.
According to the city court registry, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court ordered detention lasting two months which will apply if she is extradited or returns to Russia. After the court decision, Nemtsova wrote: "Now I am known."
Her father, Boris Nemtsov, who was once considered one of the possible political heirs to Boris Yeltsin and later became a sharp critic of Vladimir Putin, was killed in front of the Kremlin in February 2015. Five people were convicted in connection with the murder, but his family and supporters still claim that the masterminds have not been punished.
The latest court decision again raises the issue of the scope of Russian laws against organizations declared "undesirable" and the legal exposure of activists and critics in exile.
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