Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny’s movement (www.theguardian.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 19:27
https://sh.itjust.works/post/36174221

A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.

Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists.

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

#world

threaded - newest

expatriado@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 20:04 next collapse

four Russian homegrown

venusaur@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 20:07 next collapse

Trump is taking notes

x00z@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 20:17 next collapse

I would have guessed that they would have fallen out of windows like your average Russian.

Kualdir@feddit.nl on 15 Apr 21:22 collapse

The image they use literally just looks like an escape room group 😭