"Memorial": journalist Prokopyev is persecuted for political reasons

The Memorial human rights center believes that the criminal prosecution of the Pskov journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva is associated with political motives. The organization’s application is published on the site. A conviction in the case of public justification of terrorism in the "Memorial" is called illegal.

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Journalist Svetlana Prokopyev was accused of publicly justifying terrorism due to reasoning about the reason for the attack in the FSB of Arkhangelsk, where 17-year-old Mikhail Zhlobitsky died. The accusation required a colony for Prokopyeva and the ban and for four years to make journalism. The court found Prokopiev guilty, fining 500 thousand rubles.

In defense of Prokopyeva, international human rights and journalistic organizations, Russian politicians and civil activists have made up. The journalist denies the charges. She stated that she wrote a column so that such attacks would not be repeated in the future.