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☆ Submersible Debris Found Near Titanic, Five Passengers Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian Court Rejects Appeal of WSJ Reporter’s Detention A Russian court upheld the pretrial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Thursday. The 31-year-old American citizen is being held on an allegation of espionage that the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Natalia Kolesnikova Organizations: Russian, Wall Street, U.S, Getty Locations: AFP

☆ Russian Court Rejects Appeal of WSJ Reporter’s Detention
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Titanic Submersible Still Missing, Search Efforts Continue Rescuers are racing against time to find five people who are missing after a submersible disappeared while on an expedition to the remains of the Titanic shipwreck. Photo: OceanGate/Abaca Press/Zuma Press

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☆ Submersible Debris Found Near Titanic, Five Passengers Presumed Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Natalia Kolesnikova Organizations: Russian, Wall Street, U.S, Getty Locations: AFP

☆ Russian Court Rejects Appeal to Release Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ A Russian court upholds a Wall Street Journal reporter’s detention.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Moscow court denied an appeal on Thursday by Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who asked to end his pretrial detention in Russia, where he was jailed and charged with espionage 12 weeks ago. Mr. Gershkovich, an American journalist who has been based in Russia for nearly six years, was arrested in late March and charged with spying, which he denies. The American ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracey, was present, as were Mr. Gershkovich’s parents, Ella Millman and Mikhail Gershkovich. The United States government and The Journal have vehemently rejected the charges. The White House has said that Mr. Gershkovich is “wrongfully detained,” tantamount to being a political prisoner.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, ’, Lynne Tracey, Gershkovich’s, Ella Millman, Mikhail Gershkovich Organizations: Street, United Locations: Moscow, Russia, American, Moscow’s, United States

☆ Russia's Navalny defends himself in court against new extremism charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

MELEKHOVO, Russia, June 19 (Reuters) - Jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared before a Russian court on Monday to defend himself against new charges of extremism that could extend his prison term by decades. His supporters accuse Moscow of trying to break him to silence his criticism of President Vladimir Putin, something the Kremlin denies. In a tweet posted on his account by his supporters last month, Navalny responded with typical irony to the new charges. In April, investigators formally linked Navalny supporters to the murder of Vladlen Tatarsky, a popular military blogger and supporter of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine who was killed by a bomb in St Petersburg. Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) said Ukrainian intelligence had organised the bombing with help from Navalny's supporters.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Navalny, Alexei, I've, Vladlen, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: IK, Moscow, Kremlin, Journalists, General's, Ukraine, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, MELEKHOVO, Melekhovo, Moscow, Germany, Soviet, St Petersburg

CNN —Jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny appeared before a Russian court Monday to defend himself against fresh charges of extremism, in a trial that could extend his prison term by decades. In comments posted to his Twitter account, Navalny said the “absurd” charges could lead to him serving a further 30 years behind bars. Navalny’s team challenged judge Andrey Suvorov, and asked him to recuse himself, according to the team’s Telegram posts. Also present at the hearing is Daniel Kholodny, the former technical director of the Navalny Live YouTube channel, accused in the same extremism case. Putin himself said in December 2020 that if Russian security services had wanted to kill Navalny, they “would have finished” the job.

Persons: CNN —, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin, Navalny, Navalny’s, Vadim Kobzev, Olga Mikhailova, Svetlana Davyodva, Andrey Suvorov, Vladimir, ”, Daniel Kholodny, Evgenia Novozhenina, Lilia Chanysheva, Chanysheva, “, Novichok, Putin Organizations: CNN, TASS, IK, Journalists, Russian Security Service Locations: Melekhovo, Moscow, Russian, Ufa, Russia, Germany, Soviet, Berlin, Siberian, Omsk, Siberia

☆ Navalny appears in a Russian court to face new charges of extremism.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A new trial of Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s jailed opposition leader, began on Monday, with several extremism charges potentially adding decades to the prison sentences that he is already serving. Although the charges were filed in a Moscow district court, the trial was held about 150 miles east of the capital in the penal colony where Mr. Navalny has been held since 2021. Journalists monitoring proceedings from another room were able to watch the start of the hearing via video feed, with Mr. Navalny barely visible or audible, according to a reporter for the Mediazona news outlet. The new charges from Basmanny District Court included inciting and financing extremism, as well as “rehabilitating Nazism.” Mr. Navalny said earlier that he was barely given time to study the materials filed in the case, included in some 200 volumes or nearly 4,000 pages. If Mr. Navalny is convicted — and acquittals are extremely rare in Russian courts, especially against opposition figures — the case could add another 30 years to his jail term.

Persons: Aleksei A, Russia’s, Navalny, ” Mr, — Organizations: Journalists Locations: Moscow, Basmanny

☆ Navalny campaigner jailed for 7.5 years for 'extremism' by Russian court
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - A former campaign leader for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on Wednesday for "creating an extremist organisation", rights group OVD-Info said. Navalny supporters reacted with outrage to the sentence against Liliya Chanysheva, the former campaign chief for Navalny in the Urals city of Ufa. Navalny aide Lyubov Sobol called it a political verdict, saying President Vladimir Putin had "put one more hostage in a penal colony". Human rights groups and Western governments view Navalny as a political prisoner. Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Mark Trevelyan; editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Navalny, Liliya Chanysheva, Lyubov Sobol, Vladimir Putin, Putin's, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Navalny, Kremlin, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Ufa, Navalny

☆ House Passes Resolution Calling on Russia to Free U.S. Prisoners
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Why It MattersThe House has weighed in to condemn Mr. Whelan’s detention in the past, but Tuesday’s resolution was the first time that either chamber of Congress had officially called for Mr. Gershkovich’s release. Mr. Gershkovich’s arrest came just a few months after a high-profile prisoner swap in which Brittney Griner, an American W.N.B.A. American officials tried and failed to secure the release of Mr. Whelan in the deal. Mr. Whelan, who holds American, Canadian, Irish and British passports, has insisted he was visiting Russia as a tourist, and was set up. It is not clear which Russian prisoners the Kremlin would seek in exchange for either Mr. Gershkovich or Mr. Whelan, or both.

Persons: Biden, Gershkovich’s, “, Marc Fogel, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Mr, Antony J, Blinken, Roger D, Carstens, Biden’s, Gershkovich, Soviet, Brittney, Viktor Bout, Whelan, Griner’s, ”, — Organizations: American, Kremlin Locations: U.S, Russia, Russian, American, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, United States

☆ Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday fined messenger service WhatsApp three million roubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. Other Meta services, Facebook and Instagram - now banned in Russia - have been fined over content, as have the likes of Twitter and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google. WhatsApp, however, has previously been fined for its alleged refusal to comply with Russian data law and store Russian users' data on servers in the country. It has previously said information that Russian authorities complained about was well-sourced and in line with Wikipedia standards. Moscow has for years clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that escalated after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Persons: Meta, Alexander Marrow, Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones Organizations: Meta, Inc, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Wikimedia Foundation, Russia, Wikimedia, Big Tech, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine MOSCOW, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ How Russia Turned to Imprisoning Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Brett Forrest | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. professional basketball player Brittney Griner appears in a Russian court last year after being imprisoned there; she was later freed in a swap. Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty ImagesRussia’s detention in March of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a breach of international norms, but it also was the latest chapter in a long history. For more than a decade, Moscow has been expressing outrage over several cases in which the U.S. arrested and convicted Russian citizens for various crimes. Over the past five years, the Kremlin has turned to seizing Americans and trading them to reclaim those prisoners.

Persons: Brittney Griner, KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, Evan Gershkovich Organizations: Getty, Wall Street, Kremlin Locations: AFP, Moscow

☆ Lawyers for Evan Gershkovich Appeal Russian Court Decision on His Pretrial Detention
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Alan Cullison | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian court seizes four Danish-owned tugboats in Sakhalin
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, May 10 (Reuters) - A Russian court on the Pacific island of Sakhalin has ordered the seizure of four tugboats belonging to Denmark's Svitzeroperator at the request of a Russian energy company. A court ruling dated April 24 said it had ordered the tugboats seized in response to a request by Sakhalin Energy, a new Russian legal entity which oversees the production of oil and liquefied natural gas on the island. The document said Svitzer Sakhalin had written to the Russian company on April 19 confirming plans to suspend a contract for use of the tugboats. According to Maersk, after the court ruling, all Svitzer's employees in Russia have resigned and Svitzer was no longer operating the four tugs. Sakhalin Energy did not respond to requests for comment.

☆ The Independent Journalists Risking Their Freedom to Keep Reporting From Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian courtroom last month ahead of a closed court hearing on an allegation of espionage, the microphones and cameras pointed in his direction bore the familiar logos of Russian state-controlled television and news outlets. But among the handful of independent journalists in the building that day, one stayed in the courtroom long enough to deliver a personal message to Mr. Gershkovich from the large community of Russian journalists the Journal reporter counts as friends.

☆ Opinion: Russia has stifled another Putin opponent. Here’s how the West might help him
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Opinion Casey Michel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Editor’s Note: Casey Michel is the director of the Human Rights Foundation’s Combating Kleptocracy Program. While the West must continue to call for the release of those two high-profile political prisoners, it should not overlook Kara-Murza. US lawmakers in the US Congress have issued a range of congressional resolutions and individual statements highlighting Kara-Murza’s plight. The disjointed Western response to Kara-Murza’s plight only works to Russia’s advantage. It’s long past time to create a coordinating body to ensure that Western sanctions packages are aligned and airtight.

☆ Putin's political enemies and Kremlin critics face an 'extremely dangerous' situation in Russia right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"All of the opposition political leaders are either in jail or under restrictive measures or outside of the country. The oppression of political opposition figures in Russia is nothing new. Some accuse the Russian state of trying to poison them, while others have died in suspicious circumstances. Evgenia Novozhenina | ReutersThe persecution of political opposition figures attracted global attention in 2020 when the high-profile Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya agreed that "it's extremely dangerous" to be a critic of the Kremlin now, no matter what your background is.

☆ Russian court fines Wikipedia 2 mln roubles for not deleting 'banned content' on military -Ifax
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Asia Pacific category · April 27, 2023 · 7:28 AM UTCA senior lawmaker and Indonesia's consumer watchdog have urged the food regulator to examine a product of one of the world's biggest instant noodle brands, following a recall in Taiwan and Malaysia on concerns it could contain a carcinogenic ingredient.

CNN —Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny said he faces a new “terrorist case,” in what could mean decades more in prison for the outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. His comments come as his daughter, Daria Navalnaya, told CNN that the Russian authorities were depriving her father of food. Navalny is currently serving a nine-year jail term at a maximum-security prison east of Moscow after being convicted of large-scale fraud by a Russian court last year. Alexey Navalny, pictured in Moscow on August 27, 2018, said on Wednesday that he faces a new "terrorist case," despite being imprisoned. Zhdanov also said that the investigator in the terrorism case was considering the killing of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky as part of the charges.

☆ 70-year-old Russian woman who called President Zelenskyy a 'handsome young man' fined for 'discrediting' Russian military, says human rights group
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 70-year-old Russian woman was detained after she called Zelenskyy "a handsome young man." Olga Slegina was fined 40,000 rubles ($491) in a Russian court on Tuesday, Memorial reported. Slegina also said of Zelenskyy: "Everyone used to laugh at his jokes," according to reporting by Memorial, a Russian human rights organization. The police officer who detained Slegina told her, "You have no right to praise him because he is our enemy," according to Memorial, which has been outlawed in Russia. A Russian court on Tuesday fined the elderly woman 40,000 rubles (about $490), in a session that lasted no longer than five minutes, Memorial said.

There's been an international outcry after a Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason, and other charges including spreading "false" information about the Russian army. Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said "Russia's lack of commitment to protecting fundamental human rights, including freedom of expression, is alarming. We continue to urge Russia to adhere to its international obligations including Vladimir Kara-Murza's entitlement to proper healthcare." Elsewhere, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said in a statement that the 25-year prison sentence was "another blow to the rule of law and civic space in the Russian Federation." "No one should be deprived of their liberty for exercising their human rights, and I call on the Russian authorities to release him without delay," Turk said.

☆ Russian Court Upholds Detention for WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Artists Worry About Survival as AI Changes the Game for Creative WorkThe threat that technology will replace workers is something more people are grappling with due to the introduction of new tools powered by generative artificial intelligence. Creative workers like artists, writers, and filmmakers are among those raising the loudest alarm. But is their concern warranted? And what impact could AI have on the future workforce? Join us for the third episode of our series “Artificially Minded” with host Zoe Thomas.

☆ Russian Court Sentences Putin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 Years for Treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza during a court hearing in Moscow on Monday. A Russian court convicted Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza for treason and sentenced him to 25 years in prison after he criticized the government of President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. The sentence is the longest to have been handed to a Russian opposition figure since the war in Ukraine began in February last year. It comes after a sweeping clampdown on all forms of dissent and the detentions of more than 20,000 antiwar activists for participation in protest rallies, social-media posts and even private conversations denouncing Mr. Putin.

☆ Russian Court Sentences Kremlin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 Years for Treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza during a court hearing in Moscow on Monday. A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason, a charge that he described as trumped up to punish him for his opposition to the government of President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. The sentencing is the harshest punishment in terms of prison time for a Russian opposition figure since the war in Ukraine began in February last year. It comes after a sweeping clampdown on all forms of dissent and the detentions of more than 20,000 antiwar activists for participation in protest rallies, social-media posts and even private conversations denouncing Mr. Putin.

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, denies the espionage charges. When asked by the judge if he needed translation, Gershkovich said in Russian that he understood everything. The Kremlin has said Gershkovich, the first U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War, was caught "red-handed". "He is reading a lot in prison - Russian literature in the original Russian," Nozhkina told Reuters, adding that he was reading Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" about the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Asked about the prison food, Nozhkina said Gershkovich was being given porridge in the mornings and that the food was normal.

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