Forty-two-year-old Janna Nemtsova, daughter of Boris Nemtsov, one of the most prominent opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison by a court in Russia. The judgment concerns her involvement with the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, an organization founded in 2015 in the German city of Bonn after her father's assassination. [1]
According to Russian prosecutors, the court found that the foundation distributes “negative assessments of various events in the Russian Federation.” Russian prosecutors justified the sentence by adding the organization to the list of “undesirable entities,” stating that it disseminates “negative assessments of various events in the Russian Federation.” The verdict is not final and can be appealed. [1] [2]
Janna Nemtsova firmly rejected the charges, characterizing them as political, and accused Moscow authorities of intensifying efforts to silence independent voices. She explained that her foundation supports “exiled Russian independent media, educational projects, and the defense of rights of Russians who left the country because they oppose Russia's war against Ukraine and the Putin regime.” [1] [2]
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Janna Nemtsova sentenced in absentia to 4 years in prison in Russia over activities of her foundation
A Russian court sentenced Janna Nemtsova, daughter of the oppositionist assassinated in 2015, in absentia to four years in prison in a penal colony. [2]
Russian prosecutors justified the sentence by adding the organization to the list of “undesirable entities,” stating that it disseminates “negative assessments of various events in the Russian Federation.” [2]
The organization was established by the politician’s daughter in 2015, just months after Boris Nemtsov's assassination, in the German city of Bonn, while his daughter was already living in exile. [2]
Arrest warrants issued against her in August 2026 were dismissed by Janna Nemtsova, who characterized them as political and accused Moscow of intensifying efforts to silence independent voices. [2]
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