The Russian court sentenced four journalists of extremism to work against corruption established by the late opposition leader Aleksei Navalna and sentenced each at 5 1/2 of the prison.
Antonina Favororskaia, Kostantin Gabov, Sergei Karelin and Artio Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group marked as extremists. All four held their innocence, claiming that they were prosecuted them to do their jobs as journalists.
The trial of closed doors was part of the relentless cracks to the disagreement that reached an unseen scale after Moscow They sent troops in Ukraine In February 2022. years.
Authorities targeted targeted opposition data, independent journalists, rights activists and ordinary ruse critical towards the Kremlin with the Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, in prison hundred and hundreds of hundreds Placing thousands to escape in the country.
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Favororskaia and Krigger cooperated with Sotavision, independent Russian news covering protests and political tests. Gabov is a free manufacturer who worked for more organizations, including Reuters. Karelin, a free video journalist, worked for Western media, including Associated Press.
Four journalists were charged with work with the Nawlist Anti-Corruption Foundationwhich is marked as extremists and forbidden in 2021. years in a stretch that is widely seen as politically motivated.
The Navalnici was the fiercest president of Vladimir Putin and the most prominent hostile ruthless campaign Against official corruption in Russia. Navarre died in February 2024. years in the Arctic Criminal Colony while serving 19-year sentence At several costs, including the management of the extremist group, which he rejected as politically conducted.
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Favororskaya said that at the earlier performance of the court was open to the public that she processed the story that she did on the abuse of the Nawladish faces behind bars. Talking to reporters from the accused’s cage before the judgment, she said and was punished for helping Organize the Naval Fury.
Gabov was prepared in the final word for the Court published by the Independent Novaia Gazeta’s newspaper, said the charges against him was unfounded and the prosecution failed to prove them.
“I really understand … What country I live in. Throughout history, Russia has never been different, there is nothing new in the current situation,” Gabov said in a statement. “Independent journalism is equated with extremism.”
In Statement Karelin prepared for his final words they also published Novaia GazetaHe said he agreed to do street interviews for popular politics, Youtube Channel, established by Navalni’s associates, while trying to provide their wife and a young child. He emphasized that the channel was not banned as an extremist and did nothing illegally.
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“Cancer is considered mitigating circumstances. These are criminals to have a job, because in prison and an impartial attitude towards his family,” in court, he also published his point in court, in which he also published his feel in the Capital.
Krigger published Sotavision in the final word, said he was closed and added the registers of Russian financial intelligence and terrorists “just because I consistently spent his professional duties as a sincere, unbearable and independent journalist for 4 1/2 years.”
“Don’t despair the guys, sooner or later, they will end and those who delivered the sentence will go behind bars,” Kriger said after the verdict.
The supporters who gathered in the court building were also applauded as four journalists were performed from the courtroom after the verdict.
The Russian human rights group is intended for all four as political prisoners, among more than 900 other state in the country. This number includes Mihail Krigger, Uncle Artio Krigger, an activist based on Moscow arrested in 2022. years and serves a seven-year prison sentence.
Mihail Krigger was convicted of justifying terrorism and encouraging hatred via Facebook comments in which he expressed the desire “to hold” Putin.
Four journalists are not the only people associated with the Navalnik who faced charges from the Russian legal system. In January, three lawyers who defended the Navalist were convicted of participation in the “extremist organization” and sentenced to prison. Lawyers helped convey the wildlife prison statements to the world before his death. Vadim Kobzev, the most reliable member of the team, received a fine of 5 1/2 years. Alexei Lipster was sentenced to five years, and Igor Sergunin was sentenced to 3 1/2 years.
In July 2024. year, five months after it was reported to the Navalnik Death, Russia issued an arrest warrant For his wife, Iulia Navalnaia. The country accused the invairing participation in the “extremist organization”. Navalnai, who lives in Germany and was appointed Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation in July 2024. years, he decided on social media decision.
