Russian journalist arrested for years-old social media posts amid intensifying crackdown

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A Russian journalist who has worked for both state-funded and independent media has been detained and faces charges of justifying terrorism through posts on the Telegram messaging app, according to her lawyer.

The Associated Press wins the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for its coverage of immigration through Latin America to the U.S.TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian journalist who has worked for both state-funded and independent media was detained Monday and faces charges of justifying terrorism through posts on the Telegram messaging app, her lawyer said.

Kevorkova is expected to appear in court Tuesday, her lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov said on Telegram. If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.The post in 2018 republished an article written by another journalist about the 2005 attack by Islamic militants on the city of Nalchik in southern Russia in which 139 people were killed, including 94 militants, the lawyer said. The 2021 post concerned the Taliban, but Akhilgov did not detail about what was in that post.

Two Russian journalists were arrested last week on charges of extremism for allegedly working with a group founded by the late Russian opposition leaderCall it Cognac diplomacy. France offered China’s Xi a special drink, in a wink at their trade spat, a 32-year-old American reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is awaiting trial on espionage charges. Both Gershkovich and his employer have vehemently denied the charges.

 

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