A Russian journalist who has worked for both state-run and independent media was detained on Monday and is facing charges of justifying terrorism through posts on the messaging app Telegram, her lawyer said. .
Nadezhda Kevorkova’s detention comes amid an intensifying crackdown on journalists, rebels and critics of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Kevolkova’s lawyer, Karoly Akhilgov, said on Telegram that Kevolkova is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
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Mr Akhilgoff said the charges involved two posts, one in 2018 and one in 2021.
The lawyer said the 2018 post was a reiteration of an article written by another journalist about a 2005 attack by Islamic extremists in the southern Russian city of Nalchik that killed 139 people, including 94 extremists. It is said to have been published. The 2021 post was about the Taliban, but Ahirgov did not elaborate on the content of the post.
View of Red Square and the History Museum (right) and the Kremlin Towers in the background on April 29, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlyanichenko, File)
Kevorkova’s work has appeared in media outlets such as the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the Kremlin-funded satellite TV channel RT.
Last week, two Russian journalists were arrested on extremism charges for allegedly collaborating with a group founded by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Evan Gershkovich, 32, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is awaiting trial on charges of spying. Both Mr. Gershkovic and his employer vehemently deny the charges.
Mr. Gershkovic was detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip and spent more than a year in prison. Authorities have not detailed any evidence supporting the spying charges, if any.
Ars Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist working for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was detained in October and charged with failing to register as a “foreign agent.” It was done.
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