Abdullah Al-Haqim 
On Wednesday, a military court in Moscow released a Russian journalist convicted of the crime of “justifying terrorism”, whose sentence reaches 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 Kevjakova, who specializes in Middle East affairs, was charged with “justifying terrorism and calling for it publicly” in its publications.
However, Judge Roman Vladimirov 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 Kevkova lawyer informed the court that Alina Kabyeva’s father, the former Olympic Gymnastics player who is said to be the partner of President Vladimir Putin, offered to be a guarantor of her, according to the “Mediazona” website.
The site indicated that Marat Capayev heads a Muslim businessmen association.
A video posted by “Ross News” showed members of the Kevjukova family embracing some of them and crying after pronouncing the ruling.
“I don’t know what to say. Thanks to everyone.
The public prosecutor had requested her imprisonment for six years.
“In our days, the fine of such a charge is considered an acquittal,” Caloui Achillegov told reporters outside the court.
Kevorkova 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 was included in the list of “terrorists and extremists”.
The accusation was based on two post on the Telegram application, one in 2020, on the Taliban and the other, a re -publication of 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 as a “terrorist” organization, although this has not yet happened.
Last July, Putin described the Taliban as “allies in the war against terrorism.”
