A court in Siberia has sentenced an Orthodox priest to 10 days in jail his sixth jail term for publicly expressing support for the former governor of the Khabarovsk region, Sergei Furgal, who was arrested on murder charges that he and his supporters have rejected as politically motivated.
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KHABAROVSK, Russia A court in Siberia has sentenced an Orthodox priest to 25 days in jail for taking part in an unsanctioned rally to support jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny in April.
Journalist Tatyana Khlestunova
told RFE/RL that a court in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk sentenced Andrei Vinarsky on May 13.
Vinarsky has already been sentenced twice in recent months for taking part in protests.
He was given three days and then 20 days in jail, and fined for taking part in unsanctioned rallies to support the former governor of the Khabarovsk region, Sergei Furgal, who was arrested and taken to Moscow last summer for alleged involvement in murders more than a decade ago, which he and his supporters have rejected as politically motivated.
Russian Journalists Air Silent Broadcasts to Dodge Prosecution Updated: March 16, 2021 Protesters in Khabarovsk have been taking to the streets in support of jailed ex-governor Sergei Furgal since last July. Dmitry Morgulis / TASS
Russian journalists in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk have started airing “silent broadcasts” as a way to avoid prosecution, the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty news outlet reported Monday.
The live-streams of protests without commentary follow the detentions of several journalists in recent months for “participation in unsanctioned rallies,” RFE/RL’s Siberian affiliate Sibir.Realii reported.
“Such coverage is our symbolic answer to the repressive environment faced by journalists, Tatyana Khlestunova, a reporter from the Prosto Gazeta (Just A Newspaper) outlet who was jailed for several days for her coverage, told Sibir.Reali
Russian Journalists Start Silent Broadcasts To Avoid Prosecution
March 15, 2021 16:16 GMT
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KHABAROVSK, Russia Journalists in Russia s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, where demonstrations in support of the region s jailed former governor have been held since July last year, have started so-called silent broadcasts to avoid prosecution.
Many journalists in Khabarovsk were detained while covering the protests in recent months, although they say they had all of the documents needed to prove that they were doing their jobs. Some were either fined or jailed for several days for what local courts judged as the participation in unsanctioned rallies.
Russian Authorities Put A Target On Journalists As Opposition Protests Continue
February 01, 2021 17:02 GMT
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On the eve of a second wave of national mass protests in support of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, Russian police detained Sergei Smirnov, editor in chief of the independent news outlet Mediazona, outside his Moscow home as he left to take a walk with his small son.
In a widely shared video, the boy can be seen watching stoically, even smiling, as Smirnov asks the arresting officer in plainclothes to put on a mask against the coronavirus and telephones his wife to come and take care of the child.