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Ex-State TV Anchor Jailed 8 Years in Absentia for ‘War Fakes’ and ‘Justifying Terrorism’

Summary by The Moscow Times
A Russian military court on Friday sentenced former state television anchor Farida Kurbangaleeva to eight years in prison in absentia for spreading “false information” about the military and “justifying terrorism,” the independent news outlet Mediazona reported.

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Judge Igor Nikitchuk, Second Western District Military Court, in absentia, sentenced the former leader of the VGTRC to eight years ' imprisonment under ...

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A Russian military court sentenced Russian opposition journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva, who currently lives in the Czech Republic, to eight years in prison in absentia on Friday, MTI reports. The journalist was convicted on charges of promoting terrorism and spreading fake news about the Russian army. However, the Czech Republic refuses to extradite Kurbangaleeva, among other things because the Czech court believes that "at present, no one can be…

·Hungary
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Farida Kurbangalejeva lives in the Czech Republic, and the Russian authorities requested her extradition, which was rejected by the Prague court.

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A Russian court has sentenced journalist Farida Kurbangaleeva to eight years in prison for “justifying terrorism and spreading false information about the army.” The journalist lives in the Czech Republic, and in May the Prague City Court rejected Russia’s request for her extradition. The journalist had previously dismissed the charges as completely fabricated.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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