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February 5, 2021 Share
At an appeals hearing Tuesday, Russian prosecutors accused journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva of being a “mouthpiece of the West” as the court upheld her conviction of “justifying terrorism.”
The hearing came amid a wider backdrop of Moscow taking legal action against her employer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. A Russian court last month fined the independent U.S.-funded news network for not complying with its foreign agents law.
Russia’s use of legal action against RFE/RL is an attempt to cut off access to independent media, media and regional analysts say.
Moscow has been “building a web of laws and restrictions non-stop against RFE,” said Thomas Kent in an interview with VOA’s Russian service. Kent was president of the network from 2016 to 2018.
English By Jessica Jerreat Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - At an appeals hearing Tuesday, Russian prosecutors accused journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva of being a mouthpiece of the West as the court upheld her conviction of justifying terrorism.
The hearing came amid a wider backdrop of Moscow taking legal action against her employer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. A Russian court last month fined the independent U.S.-funded news network for not complying with its foreign agents law.
Russia s use of legal action against RFE/RL is an attempt to cut off access to independent media, media and regional analysts say.
IFJ 03 February 2021
Russia: Violence against journalists intensifies
At least 120 cases of detention, obstruction and violence against journalists have been recorded on 31 January as a result of media coverage of protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and their affiliate the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) call on Russian authorities to stop intimidating journalists and let them do their job. Credit: Ivan Petrov / Tardigrada.
On Sunday 31 January, tens of thousands of protesters took to streets across Russia to show support to the jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. By late evening, more than 5,000 people had been detained in at least 85 cities across Russia, according to OVD Info, an independent NGO that monitors rallies.
Outrage as Ukraine’s Culture Minister allows synagogue to be built on graveyard at Babyn Yar
29.01.2021 The Menorah at Babyn Yar Photo Glavcom
Despite assurances that there would be public discussion before any final decision, Ukraine’s leaders are clearly giving support to the highly contentious Russian-funded Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Complex. Ukraine’s Culture Minister, Oleksandr Tkachenko, has given permission for a synagogue to be built on the site of the former Kyrylivske Christian Orthodox graveyard which falls within the territory of Babyn Yar. This is something which prominent Ukrainian Jewish figures had recently condemned as deliberate provocation and which the Ukrainian project for memorializing Babyn Yar specifically prohibits.