The Kremlin has significantly tightened the censorship laws and banned any criticism of the army.
The Russian court condemned a journalist
On Tuesday, the Russian court sentenced a journalist and a former volunteer of the deceased opposition leader Alexei Navaľný to 12 years of imprisonment. Moscow, according to AFP, has been affected by persons who have had any connection with naval organizations in recent months, TASR writes.
Olga Komlevová, as a volunteer, worked for a naval political party, which the Russian authorities banned and identified as extremist in 2021, the independent news portal Mediazona said.
The journalist rejects the accusations
He is guilty of “participation in the activities of the extremist group and the dissemination of consciously false information about the activities of the armed forces”, the court statement said. It was a news covering invasion of Ukraine and anti -government protests for the independent Rusnews portal. Complete rejects the accusations.
Alexei Navaľnyj, as the chief critic of President Vladimir Putin, died last year in unclear circumstances in a prison colony behind the Arctic Circle. Its organizations were declared extremist in 2021 before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, the Kremlin has significantly tightened the censorship laws and banned any criticism of the army.
