Another video journalist working for foreign media has been arrested in Russia. He is said to have supported the team of the late Putin opponent Alexei Navalny. The journalist Sergei Karelin is accused of extremism, reported the AP news agency. The accusation is that he produced videos for Navalny’s team.
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Karelin has previously worked mainly for the US news agency AP. They said they were “very concerned about the arrest of the Russian video journalist.” The agency is seeking more information about law enforcement. According to the AP, Karelin also worked for Deutsche Welle until February 2022.
On Saturday, authorities took another Russian journalist into custody on the same charges. As the press service of the Moscow courts reported, Konstantin Gabov is accused of “participating in the preparation of photos and videos posted on the YouTube channel NawalnyLive should be published”. NawalnyLive is one of the online platforms used by Navalny’s team.
So far no official announcement about Karelin’s arrest
According to media reports, Gabov worked for the Russian television channels Moskva 24 and MIR, the Belarusian news agency Belsat and occasionally for the Canadian news agency Reuters. According to the judicial press service, he will remain in custody until at least June 27th. The authorities have not yet commented on Karelin’s case.
Also last week, according to one Deutsche Welle report The journalist Sergei Mingasov was placed under house arrest in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk. He worked for the Russian edition of the business magazine Forbes. According to Russian state media, he is accused of spreading “false information” about the Russian military.
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Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, died in a prison camp in the Arctic on February 16, according to Russian authorities. He had served a 19-year prison sentence there. Western countries blamed Putin for his death.
In June 2021, the Russian judiciary classified all of Navalny’s organizations as “extremist,” meaning employees and supporters risk being prosecuted, imprisoned and sentenced. Many of Navalny’s comrades-in-arms went into exile to avoid prison sentences. Others were sentenced to long prison terms.
Another video journalist working for foreign media has been arrested in Russia. He is said to have supported the team of the late Putin opponent Alexei Navalny. The journalist Sergei Karelin is accused of extremism reported the AP news agency. The accusation is that he produced videos for Navalny’s team.
Karelin has previously worked mainly for the US news agency AP. They said they were “very concerned about the arrest of the Russian video journalist.” The agency is seeking more information about law enforcement. According to the AP, Karelin also worked for Deutsche Welle until February 2022.