Russian journalists (L-R) Konstantin Gabov, Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaya), Artyom Kriger and Sergei Karelin stand behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants, as they attend a hearing of the Nagatinskiy court in Moscow on October 2, 2024. Russia opened on October 2, 2024 the trial of four independent journalists accused of helping the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Four journalists face up to six years in prison on charges of « taking part in an extremist group ». (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)Russian journalist Artem Kriger, charged with « participating in an extremist group » over collaborating with the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, stands inside the glass cage during the verdict announcement at the Nagatinsky court in Moscow on April 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)Members of the media crowd outside the Nagatinsky court prior to the verdict announcement in the trial of four journalists, charged with « participating in an extremist group » over collaborating with the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 15, 2025. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)Supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny attend an unauthorized rally in Saint Petersburg on October 7, 2017.
Several thousand supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny rallied across Russia on President Vladimir Putin’s birthday on October 7, 2017, as police arrested more than 100 people. / AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny addresses supporters during an unauthorized anti-Putin rally on May 5, 2018 in Moscow, two days ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth Kremlin term. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)TOPSHOT – Russian journalists (L-R) Sergei Karelin, Konstantin Gabov, Antonina Kravtsova and Artem Kriger, charged with « participating in an extremist group » over collaborating with the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, stand inside the glass cage during the verdict announcement at the Nagatinsky court in Moscow on April 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)Russian journalist Antonina Kravtsova (Favorskaya) stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants, as she attends a hearing of the Nagatinskiy court in Moscow on October 2, 2024. Russia opened on October 2, 2024 the trial of four independent journalists accused of helping the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Four journalists face up to six years in prison on charges of « taking part in an extremist group ». (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)TOPSHOT – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was arrested during March 26 anti-corruption rally, gestures during an appeal hearing at a court in Moscow on March 30, 2017. A Russian court on March 27 sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to 15 days behind bars after ruling that he had resisted police during a massive anti-corruption protest Sunday in Moscow. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)Russian journalists (L-R) Konstantin Gabov and Sergei Karelin, charged with « participating in an extremist group » over collaborating with the banned organisations of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, stand inside the glass cage during the verdict announcement at the Nagatinsky court in Moscow on April 15, 2025. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)02 December 2021, Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz: The defendant is led into the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court in handcuffs. The Federal Prosecution accuses Anwar R., who fled to Germany, of crimes against humanity in 2011 and 2012. The Syrian is alleged to have been responsible for the torture of at least 4,000 people in a prison of the General Intelligence Service in the Syrian capital Damascus as head of interrogation. At least 58 prisoners had died. (To dpa « Pleadings started in first trial on state torture in Syria ») Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa (Photo by Thomas Frey/picture alliance via Getty Images)