Journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova remains in pretrial detention until November 6
The Basmanny Court of Moscow granted the investigation's motion and extended the arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova for another month, until November 6. The defendant is charged under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls to commit terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism, or propaganda of terrorism). The maximum punishment provided for by such a charge is imprisonment for up to 7 years.
The criminal case was initiated based on posts in Nadezhda's personal Telegram channel. One of them is a text by the murdered journalist Orkhan Dzhemal, her close friend.
Another reason was another post from 2021, which allegedly contained a "justification" for the activities of the Taliban, which is banned in the Russian Federation. It is noteworthy that at the end of May 2024, the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice announced that the Taliban could be removed from the list of banned organizations.
The defense noted that Nadezhda Kevorkova is an active volunteer for the Solidarity Foundation, helping seriously ill children and low-income people. The journalist has repeatedly visited the Gaza Strip with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry and covered the situation in the Middle East, worked in Iraq and Iran.
Kevorkova is the author of three books about Palestine and numerous articles on religion.
