{"id":2209896,"date":"2024-03-30T23:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-journalist-who-covered-navalny-trials-detained-on-charges-of-extremism\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:23:34","slug":"russian-journalist-who-covered-navalny-trials-detained-on-charges-of-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-journalist-who-covered-navalny-trials-detained-on-charges-of-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian reporter who reported on Navalny trials arrested for extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-journalist-who-covered-navalny-trials-detained-on-charges-of-extremism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Russian journalist, \u200cAntonina Favorskaya from the independent outlet SotaVision, who \u200bcovered the trials of Alexei\u2064 Navalny and faced accusations\u2063 of extremist\u200c ties, has been ordered to\u200d stay in custody for two months. The journalist\u200d was\u200d initially arrested this month\u2063 after paying respects at Navalny&#8217;s\u200d grave and\u2064 detained for \u200cdisobeying\u200c police orders. Your summary accurately conveys the key points about the Russian \u2063journalist \u2063Antonina Favorskaya, her affiliation with SotaVision, involvement in covering Alexei Navalny&#8217;s\u2062 trials, facing extremism accusations, and being detained for two months after paying\u200c respects at Navalny&#8217;s grave.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russian<\/a> journalist who covered the trials of the late opposition leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexei-navalny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alexei Navalny<\/a> and stands accused of involvement with an extremist group has been ordered to remain in custody for at least two months.<\/p>\n<p>Antonina Favorskaya, who works for the independent outlet <em>SotaVision<\/em>, was first arrested earlier this month after laying flowers on Navalny\u2019s grave, according to reports. After being detained 10 days for disobeying police orders, she was charged Friday with collecting material and producing content for Navalny\u2019s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Russian President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s government deemed an extremist organization in 2021. The court ordered her to remain in pretrial detention until at least May 28.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sotavisionmedia\/27144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>story<\/a> written in Russian and published on March 6, three weeks after Navalny\u2019s death, Favorskaya described how authorities treated him during his trials. She reported that he was kept in a cell and rarely allowed to leave it, denied the ability \u201cto wear winter shoes in the cold and treat bad teeth,\u201d deprived of writing materials, and had letters addressed to him and food he bought confiscated, among other things. She said she is being tried for that story, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/theins.ru\/en\/news\/270383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-journalist-jailed-crackdown-navalny-1e0cfcefb8c0b0ced8ad368f0fe4709e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> indicates the hearing at which Favorskaya was charged was held behind closed doors, much to her dismay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am completely against a closed process,\u201d she said. \u201cThe press needs to know what\u2019s going on here, what I\u2019m being accused of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The charge carries a prison sentence of up to six years. The news came the same day as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2944623\/party-leaders-evan-gerschkovich-release-on-one-year-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>one-year anniversary<\/a> of <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich\u2019s detention.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antonina Favorskaya, a Russian journalist who covered Alexei Navalny&#8217;s trials and faces charges of extremist ties, must stay detained for two months. 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