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Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin, who has worked for the Associated Press, are charged over accusations they prepared videos for a YouTube channel linked to organization founded by late opposition politician Alexey Navalny

Two Russian journalists have been accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. If convicted, they could face years in prison.

Russian journalist Konstantin Gabov has been arrested over accusations of "extremism," the press service for Moscow courts said on Saturday.

The assessment prompted pushback from allies of the late opposition leadert, who was serving a 19-year prison sentence when he died

The universal corruption of the Russian elite suits Vladimir Putin. When everyone has a skeleton in their closet, power rests with whoever decides which closets get searched. The arrest on corruption charges of Timur Ivanov, deputy minister of defence, is noteworthy not because he was infamously corrupt, but because it raises the question: why him,

Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin deny ‘extremism’ charges related to group founded by late anti-Putin dissident.

Three Russian journalists were arrested Friday and Saturday and detained, as Russia continues a crackdown on media inside the country. Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin were charged with “extremism” on Saturday, The Associated Press (AP) first reported. They stand accused of working with a political group associated with the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny,…

The intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that the Russian president was aware of the timing of Navalny’s death or that he directly ordered it.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Courts in Russia placed two journalists in pre-trial detention for two months on Saturday after state prosecutors accused them of taking part in the activities of an “extremist” organisation founded by late opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Moscow’s Basmanny court said in a statement that one of the journalists, Konstantin Gabov, had prepared…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - 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. Moscow's Basmanny ...