Journalists accused of working for Putin opponent Navalny convicted of extremism

Journalists accused of working for Putin opponent Navalny convicted of extremism
Russian journalists Antonina Favorskaya and Artyom Kriger (AP Photo)

A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five-and-a-half years in prison each.

Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist.

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