Two accused teenagers to remain in custody for at least two more weeks | SaltWire #newsupdate #newsMOSCOW - A Moscow court placed Konstantin Gabov, a Russian journalist, in pre-trial detention for two months on Saturday after state prosecutors accused him of taking part in the activities of an extremist organisation.
The charge he is accused of carries a jail sentence of up to six years. Unverified video circulated on Telegram showed two law enforcement officers bursting into his apartment with automatic rifles shouting at him to get on the floor. German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said in a story on its website that he had worked as its correspondent in Moscow. Deutsche Welle's press office did not reply to a request for comment.
RFE says on its website that its mission is to promote democratic values by reporting uncensored news"in countries where a free press is threatened and disinformation is pervasive".The same Moscow court placed another journalist, Antonina Favorskaya, a journalist for the SOTA online news outlet, which is designated as a foreign agent in Russia, in pre-trial detention on March 29 for two months in a case related to her alleged links to Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.