The Moscow City Court on Thursday rejected a defense appeal against the in-absentia arrest of Zhanna Nemtsova and left the ruling in force, according to RIA Novosti and TASS, which reported that she has been placed on an international wanted list.
The case falls under Part 3 of Article 284.1 of the Russian Criminal Code, which covers organizing the activities of an organization designated as "undesirable." The press service of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow, which ordered Nemtsova's in-absentia arrest in late July, did not specify which organization was involved.
Nemtsova has said the case concerns the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, which she founded in Germany in November 2015, several months after her father's assassination. The foundation supports independent journalism and awards scholarships to journalists, activists and human rights defenders.
In April 2024, the Russian Justice Ministry added the foundation to its register of "undesirable" organizations. Nemtsova is a co-founder.
In September, the Justice Ministry also added the U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy and Liberal Values, which Nemtsova heads, to the list of "undesirable" organizations.
Boris Nemtsov, one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, was killed on Feb. 27, 2015, on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge in central Moscow. Those who ordered the killing have not been identified.
Nemtsova left Russia in the summer of 2015 and worked for the Russian service of Deutsche Welle. Commenting on the July in-absentia arrest, she wrote that the "undesirable organization" was the foundation she founded.