Skip to main content
About
Медуза по-русски
News Feed
RU
Meduza is 10. Support us!
Share to
Facebook
or
Twitter
news
Here’s the scene outside the courtroom in Russia after journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva avoided prison for ‘justifying terrorism’
11:57 am, July 6, 2020
Source: Meduza
On July 6, a military court in Pskov convicted journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva of “justifying terrorism” in an article where she argued that Russia’s federal authorities are partly to blame for a suicide bombing in October 2018 against an FSB building in Arkhangelsk. Prosecutors wanted her imprisoned for six years, but the court decided to release her with a fine of
500,000 rubles
(almost $7,000). Prokopyeva says she plans to challenge the ruling.
Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Share to
Facebook
or
Twitter