Russia charges children's hospice chief with spreading false war information

LONDON, Sept 2 - Russian investigators said on Wednesday they had detained children's hospice founder Lida Moniava and charged her with deliberately spreading false information about the actions of Russian armed forces against Ukrainian civilians.

Investigators have charged Lida Moniava, founder of the children’s hospice “House with a Lighthouse,” with spreading “false information” about the Russian military motivated by political hatred — a charge under Article 207.3, Part 2, Clause “d” of Russia’s Criminal Code — and detained her, according to her defense atto

Lida Moniava is the founder of the charity “Lighthouse,” which operates hospices for seriously ill children and young adults in the Russian capital.