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  1. Lev Aleksandrovich Ponomaryov (Russian: Лев Алекса́ндрович Пономарёв, 2 September 1941) is a Russian political and civil activist. He is an executive director of the all-Russian movement "For Human Rights."

  2. Mar 22, 2023 · Right after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Lev Ponomarev, the leader of the movement For Human Rights and one of the country’s best-known human rights defenders, began collecting signatures under an anti-war petition.

  3. Mar 2, 2021 · Ponomaryov, 79, is a former Soviet-era lawmaker and State Duma deputy who helped found the Memorial human rights group. In 1991, he headed the legislature's...

  4. Mar 3, 2021 · Veteran human rights activist Lev Ponomarev has announced the dissolution of his For Human Rights movement. He was recently labeled a "foreign agent" himself, as authorities turn up the...

  5. Nov 15, 2023 · Lev Ponomarev is a founder and one of the most active members of the Common Action group which brings together leading members of the Russian human rights community. He was one of the main organizers of the All-Russia Emergency Congress for the Defence of Human Rights in January 2001.

  6. Mar 15, 2020 · Lev Ponomaryov, leader of the movement For Human Rights, was taken to hospital from a police station after being detained during a protest outside the FSB building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow. According to the 78-year-old Ponomaryov, police officers did not beat him, but treated him quite harshly.

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  8. Feb 28, 2022 · Russian human rights activist, Lev Ponomarev, was attacked by unidentified individuals on the street in front of his office in Moscow on February 27, 2022. He was doused with caustic liquid, which caused sharp synthetic smell and watered eyes.