Prosecutors seek jail time for Russian journalists tied to ‘extremism’ case

Journalist Kriger’s Last Word in Court: ‘I Fully Understood the Risks of This Profession in Russia’

Artyom Kriger is one of four journalists currently facing nearly six years in prison on charges of “extremism” over alleged ties to the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

Prosecutors seek jail time for Russian journalists tied to ‘extremism’ case

Four journalists are facing nearly six years in prison in Russia. They're accused of "participating in an extremist community" for their work with Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption group and the Navalny LIVE YouTube channel. The trial, held behind closed doors, reflects the Kremlin's intensifying crackdown on opposition, which has escalated since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Navalny, a prominent opposition leader, died in February 2024 w…

4 Russian Journalists Face 6 Years in Jail

Russian prosecutors on Thursday asked for nearly 6-year prison sentences for each of four journalists affiliated with an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition politician Alexei Navalny that has been deemed extremist. Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger, Sergey Karelin, and Konstantin Gabov were arrested last year and charged with involvement...

Russia seeks almost six years in jail for four independent journalists

Russian prosecutors on Thursday demanded just under six years in prison for four independent journalists accused of helping the organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Mediazona news website reported. Moscow banned Navalny’s organisations as “extremist” shortly before launching its 2022 Ukraine offensive and has cracked down on anyone deemed to have links to them — even after his death in an Arctic prison last year. Since sen…

Russian prosecutors are demanding five years and 11 months in prison for four journalists accused of collaborating with the banned organization of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, they said as they left court, Reuters reported. TASS also reported that the prosecution had requested five years and 11 months in prison for the journalists, citing representatives of the Russian justice system. Antonina Favorskaya, Sergey Karelin, Konstantin…

Russian justice, which systematically arrested or forced opposition supporters into exile, now focuses on much less direct collaborators. The Russian Public Prosecutor's Office requested almost six years in prison this Thursday for four journalists accused of having collaborated with the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organization founded by Alexey Navalny, who died in prison under suspicious conditions in February 2024. The organizations linked…