Russia is released from the journalist Nadjda Kevkova, condemned by “justification of terrorism”

On Wednesday, a military court in Moscow released the Russian journalist, Nadejda Kevkukova, the crime of “justifying terrorism”, whose sentence is six years, after imposing a fine on it in a rare mitigating ruling. Russian news agencies reported that a 66 -year -old Journalist in Military Court, Nadejda Kevkova, who specializes in Middle East affairs, was charged with “justifying terrorism and calling for it publicly” in its publications.

However, Judge Roman Vladimirov has returned and released the journalist who has been detained since last May in the courtroom with a fine of 600,000 rubles ($ 6,900). The verdict came after the club’s lawyer Kevorkova informed the court that Alina Kabeeva’s father, former Olympic gymnastics player who is said to be the partner of President Vladimir Putin, was offered to be a guarantor of her, according to Mediazona. The site indicated that Marat Capayev heads a Muslim businessmen association.

A video posted by Ross News showed members of the Kevkova family embracing each other and crying after pronouncing the ruling. “I don’t know what to say. Thank you to everyone. The public prosecutor had requested her imprisonment for six years.

“In our days, the fine for such a charge is an acquittal,” Calawi Achillegov told reporters outside the court. Nadejda Kevorkova has worked with the largest Russian media, including the “Novaya Gazetta” and “Russia Today” supporting the Kremlin.

Kevkova was arrested in May last year and Russia included it on the list of “terrorists and extremists”. The accusation was based on two publications written on the Telegram application, one in 2020 on the Taliban and the other to republish a publication of another journalist in 2018 about an attack by Islamists on the Russian city of Nalcik in 2005.

Moscow officially prohibits the Taliban movement, but it has established relations with the Islamic authority that now governs Afghanistan. Last December, Putin signed a draft law that paves the way to remove the Taliban classification, a “terrorist” organization, although this has not yet happened. Last July, Putin described the Taliban as “an ally in the war against terrorism.”

(France Press)