Daughter of Russian opposition figure sentenced to four years in prison

A Moscow court sentenced Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, to four years in absentia for being deemed a "foreign agent." This ruling comes after her father was assassinated in 2015. The court found her guilty of organizing activities for a foreign entity deemed undesirable in Russia. As a result, she is now on Russia's wanted list and barred from participating in certain activities for at least eight years. The Russian Prosecutor's Office stated that she was aware of her organization's designation as undesirable and has been actively leading it, including fundraising and making negative assessments about events in Russia. In October 2026, she was officially listed as a "foreign agent."