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.