{"id":272641,"date":"2026-07-15T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/france-puts-donbass-charity-worker-on-trial-for-espionage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:56:10","slug":"france-puts-donbass-charity-worker-on-trial-for-espionage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/france-puts-donbass-charity-worker-on-trial-for-espionage\/","title":{"rendered":"France Puts Donbass Charity Worker on Trial for &#8216;Espionage&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/span><span class=\"photoview__desc-text\">\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span><img src=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a2b1df0dfdcd4c639b484761b536cdf8.jpg\"  \/><span class=\"article__news-services--label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__news-services--list\">\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"Telegram\" data-name=\"telegram\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"X\" data-name=\"twitter\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A French court is set to hold a hearing on the case of Anna Novikova this Wednesday\u2014the founder of the humanitarian group SOS Donbass, who has now spent more than six months behind bars in France. Novikova&#8217;s ordeal, according to Russia&#8217;s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, began with &#8220;<strong>an absolutely absurd denunciation&#8221;<\/strong> lodged by the Union of Ukrainians in France.The charges stem solely from Novikova&#8217;s charitable work \u2014 collecting food, medicine, and clothing for residents of Donbass. She is vice-president of the association and has repeatedly traveled to Donetsk and Lugansk as a volunteer.Lantratova condemned France&#8217;s actions as a &#8220;cynical double standard&#8221; \u2014 noting that Paris has no qualms about sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, yet prosecutes a woman collecting baby diapers for shelling victims as if she were a dangerous spy.Novikova and her French colleagues \u2014 who have also been arrested \u2014 were  trying to open Europeans&#8217; eyes to the crimes of the Kiev regime in  Donbass, calling on Europeans to pay attention to them, Russian  correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny said.Russia&#8217;s Special Operation in UkraineUkrainian Strike on College in Lugansk People&#8217;s Republic is Monstrous Crime \u2013 Kremlin22 May, 09:45 GMT&#8221;Totalitarian methods fit perfectly with the logic of Europe&#8217;s ruling elites \u2014 and even more so with the Kiev regime. Nothing surprising here. Anna Novikova is a Russian citizen, and Russia must do everything to protect her. She was stripped of her freedom for her beliefs \u2014 for speaking the truth and continuing to speak it,&#8221; he added. Poddubny noted that Russian diplomats are taking all  necessary and possible measures to secure Anna&#8217;s release, and that the  case itself is politically motivated.French intelligence launched an investigation following a January 2025 report, accusing Novikova of gathering data on behalf of a foreign government. She faces up to 15 years in prison.Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on April 1 that Russia is calling on France to release Novikova without delay. The  statement emphasized that Russia considers her criminal prosecution  unacceptable and links it to her expression of a stance that does not  align with Paris&#8217;s official line.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20260715\/france-puts-donbass-charity-worker-on-trial-for-espionage---while-arming-ukraine-1124447425.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 A French court is set to hold a hearing on the case of Anna Novikova this Wednesday\u2014the founder of the humanitarian group SOS Donbass, who has now spent more than six months behind bars in France. Novikova&#8217;s ordeal, according to Russia&#8217;s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova, began with &#8220;an absolutely absurd denunciation&#8221; lodged &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":272642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[162],"tags":[2232,2361,18298,2243,2782,2280,13633],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>France Puts Donbass Charity Worker on Trial for &#039;Espionage&#039; - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/france-puts-donbass-charity-worker-on-trial-for-espionage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France Puts Donbass Charity Worker on Trial for &#039;Espionage&#039; - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430 A French court is set to hold a hearing on the case of Anna Novikova this Wednesday\u2014the founder of the humanitarian group SOS Donbass, who has now spent more than six months behind bars in France. 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