Journalist Kevorkova was fined 600 thousand rubles for justifying terrorism

The Second Western District Military Court imposed a fine on journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) for justifying terrorism and released her in the courtroom. This was announced on March 12 by her lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov.

"They were released in the courtroom! The fine is 600 thousand [rubles]," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

At the end of the court session, Akhilgov stated that the verdict could be considered acquittal and the defense would not appeal it.

At the same time, earlier at the meeting, the prosecutor requested six years in a penal colony for Kevorkova, restriction of Internet access for the same period and a fine of 500 thousand rubles.

On May 6, 2024, the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation charged the journalist for online publications about the Taliban Movement (the organization is under UN sanctions). She is charged with two counts. The first of them is related to the publication in 2018, and the second in 2021. Her apartment was also searched.

The Izvestia source reported that she was also in close contact with representatives of international terrorist organizations (ITOs), for example, with Israil Akhmednabiev (listed as a terrorist and extremist), the coordinator and founder of radical Islamic foundations, known as Abu Umar Sasitlinsky.

In addition, it was reported that members of the MTO Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (recognized as a terrorist organization, banned in the Russian Federation) also invited Kevorkova to Syrian Idlib in 2021 to cover their activities.