Former Russian defence reporter Ivan Safronov misplaced his remaining enchantment on Wednesday in opposition to a 22-year jail sentence on fees of treason, a Reuters reporter on the Supreme Court stated.
Safronov, a former reporter for the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers who later labored as an adviser to the top of Russia’s house company, was arrested in 2020 and accused of revealing labeled info.
He was sentenced in September final yr, in what his supporters referred to as a draconian ruling that confirmed the absence of media freedom in Russia. He was accused of handing navy secrets and techniques to the Czech Republic, a NATO member, however his defence workforce stated the case was revenge for his journalistic reporting on Russian plans to promote fighter jets to Egypt.
Safronov was transferred in February to a high-security jail within the Krasnoyarsk area of Siberia, and was not current for Wednesday’s Supreme Court choice in Moscow.
On Monday, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza misplaced an enchantment in opposition to a 25-year sentence for treason and spreading “false information” about Russia’s armed forces by talking out in opposition to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
