Журналисти, обвинени в работа за противника на Путин, Навален, осъден за екстремизъм

Руски съд осъди четирима публицисти за екстремизъм за работа за антикорупционна група, учредена от починалия водач на опозицията Алексей Навални и ги осъди на пет и половина години в пандиза. found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist.

All four maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their job as journalists.

The closed-door trial was part of an unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has reached an unprecedented scale after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

The authorities have targeted opposition figures, independent journalists, rights activists and ordinary Russians critical of the Kremlin with prosecution, jailing hundreds and prompting thousands to flee the country to avoid prosecution.

Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet that covers Протести и политически тествания.

Габов е производител на свободна процедура, който е работил за голям брой организации, в това число Ройтерс.

Карелин, видео публицист на свободна процедура, е работил за западните медии, в това число Асошиейтед прес. a move widely seen as politically motivated.

Mr Navalny was President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest and most prominent foe and relentlessly campaigned against official corruption in Russia.

Mr Navalny died in February 2024 in an Arctic penal colony while serving a 19-year sentence on a number of charges, including running an extremist group, which he had rejected as politically задвижван.