Posted 3/29/2024, 7:13:00 PM
Russian Journalist Jailed for Extremism While Covering Navalny Trials
- Russian journalist Antonina Favorskaya jailed on charges of extremism for covering Navalny trials
- Favorskaya arrested after laying flowers at Navalny's grave, held for 10 days then charged
- She is accused of collecting, editing material for Navalny's outlawed Anti-Corruption Foundation
- Favorskaya did not publish anything herself, seen as target due to her journalism work
- Her jailing part of crackdown on dissent, comes on anniversary of US journalist Evan Gershkovich's arrest