The Associated Press agency announced on Sunday the arrest of one of its Russian collaborators, the day after the arrest of another journalist working in particular for the Reuters agency.
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A Russian journalist was detained in Russia for “extremism”, accused of having participated in the creation of videos for the team of the late opponent Alexeï Navalny, the American press agency reported on Sunday April 28 Associated Press, with which he notably collaborated. Sergei Karelin is the second journalist to be arrested on these charges, after Konstantin Gabov, detained on Saturday, who occasionally collaborated with the Canadian news agency Reuters.
Sergei Kareline and Konstantin Gabov are accused of having participated in the preparation of videos for the NavalnyLIVE YouTube channel of the team of Alexeï Navalny, who died in prison in February in murky circumstances. His movement was classified as “extremist” by the courts, which puts his collaborators and supporters at risk of prosecution. Most of the deceased opponent’s associates are in exile abroad, while others have received long prison sentences.
The Russian authorities have increased their pressure on independent and foreign media in Russia in recent months, in a context of all-out repression of dissident voices since the start of the offensive in Ukraine.
