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Russia sentences four investigative journalists for "extremism" after working with Navalny

2025-04-15 18:19:35Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Russia sentences four investigative journalists for "extremism" after
Journalists convicted in Russia

A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 and a half years in prison each.

Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement in a group that was labeled extremist. The four had maintained their innocence, arguing that they were being prosecuted for doing their job 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.

Authorities have targeted opposition figures, independent journalists, rights activists and ordinary Russians critical of the Kremlin with criminal prosecutions, imprisoning hundreds and causing thousands to flee the country.

Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet covering protests and political trials. Gabov is a freelance producer who has worked for numerous organizations, including Reuters. Karelin, a freelance video journalist, has worked for Western media outlets, including The Associated Press.

The four journalists were accused of working with Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was declared extremist and outlawed in 2021, in a move that was widely considered politically motivated.

Navalny was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest and most prominent foe and campaigned relentlessly against official corruption in Russia. Navalny died in February 2024 in a penal colony in the Arctic while serving a 19-year prison sentence on a number of charges, including leading an extremist group, which he had dismissed as politically motivated.

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