Ponomarenko Maria Nikolaevna was born on September 5, 1978, a citizen of Russia, a resident of Barnaul. She worked in the real estate sector, and also collaborated with the electronic publication RusNews as a journalist. Social activist. Has two minor children. Under Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, she was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony and 5 years of a ban on journalistic activity. She was in custody from April 23 to November 14, 2022, then transferred to house arrest. In January 2023, she was transferred to a pre-trial detention center again.
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Dear ____ and Charles , hello!
How does Charles feel about winter? During frosts does he dress up in warm clothes when it’s cold? Not all dogs accept suits, overalls, and especially shoes. My husky-wolf mix Barney tolerated clothing items on his body only while we were playing with him, after that, if we didn’t hurry up to take it off... — there were only shreds left, the wolf’s sharp teeth instantly ripped the fabric.
Prison is good for me. In theory, I should stay for another year or year and a half to work on myself, if only not to coalesce with the mask that I often wear. Not by my own will, but by force, the real me will be instantly destroyed, kindness is considered a weakness. The world of crime is ambiguous, I found both bad and good in it (this one prevails). In the Stolypin wagon, guys give their last things to random girls, thieves do not touch the things of their neighbors (thefts from convicts by convicts are very rare and are usually committed by completely degraded drug addicts — there are only a few of them), in difficult circumstances, girls help each other on their own initiative, reading is in trend in colonies and in jails, self-care is held in high esteem (even ex-homeless people transform here). I’ll keep quiet about the negative, those who have been through the penitentiary system know its etiology, the censor will not like detailed information on this topic. Quotes are allowed without references to the present, but I won’t make them, here’s what V. Shalamov wrote about [prison] camps, arranged identically to any [prison] camps in the world: «... a camp is a negative school of life entirely and completely. No one will take anything necessary or useful from there. The prisoner learns flattery, lies, petty and big meanness there...» Prison is not a camp, there is no concentration of hundreds of prisoners on a patch of land of 3 acres including the walking area. Taking into account solitary confinement (in my case), it is easy to conclude about the abundance of time and opportunities for spiritual practices.
As I write, a parus flies around the cell, fluttering its tiny wings. Sometimes it stays on the outer bars and chirps endlessly with sweet voice
With warmth and respect,
Maria Ponomarenko
