Three Russian journalists were arrested Friday and Saturday and detained, as Russia continues a crackdown on media inside the country. Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin were charged with “extremism” on Saturday, The Associated Press (AP) first reported. They stand accused of working with a political group associated with the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny,…
The Kremlin is considering labelling one of Russia’s most famous pop stars a “foreign agent”, as it intensifies its clampdown on celebrities who oppose the war in Ukraine.
Russian prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for suspects involved in cases linked to the war in Ukraine. A Russian court in Siberia sentenced a man to 19 years for shooting a military enlistment officer, while prosecutors in St. Petersburg asked for a 28-year sentence for a woman charged in a cafe bombing.
Russian prosecutors on Wednesday demanded an eight-year prison sentence for artist Alexandra Skochilenko, who last year swapped supermarket price tags for statements criticising Moscow's military offensive in Ukraine, independent media reported.The 33-year-old artist and musician has been in detention since April last year, when she was arrested for changing labels in a Saint Petersburg supermarket with messages against Russia's large-scale intervention in Ukraine.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors will ask a judge at a court hearing on Friday to place detained Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Alsu Kurmasheva in custody, the court's press service reported. Alsu Kurmasheva, who works for RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service and holds U.S. and Russian passports, is accused of failing to register as a foreign agent after she entered Russia on May 20, her employer said on Thursday. Kurmasheva was temporarily detained by Russian security forces as she waited for her return flight on June 2.