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Russian Student Journalists Face Jail Over Navalny Protest Video - The Moscow Times
Russian police have raided independent student news site DOXA’s Moscow offices and charged its editors with inciting minors to illegally protest, the outlet said Wednesday.
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4/14/21
Russian police have raided independent student-run publication DOXA’s Moscow offices and charged leading staffers with inciting minors to illegally protest, the outlet said Wednesday. Russian authorities demanded earlier this year that DOXA take down its video explaining that students shouldn't be afraid to voice their opinions at the Jan. 23 pro-Navalny protest and that it was unlawful for universities to expel students who attend. DOXA said it had deleted the video at the authorities’ request and maintains that it contained no calls to illegal activity. “Today at 6 a.m. [security officers] carried out searches at the DOXA office and the homes of editors Armen Aramyan, Vladimir Metelkin, Alla Gutnikova and Natasha Tyshkevich,” the outlet said on its website. DOXA’s Telegram channel said that the law enforcement authorities broke down the office door and seized filming equipment. Security officers also searched the homes of Aramyan's and Gutnikova’s families, the publication said. All four DOXA staffers have been charged with "inciting minors to participate in illegal activities" after being taken in for questioning by investigators. Violations of the law are punishable by up to three years in prison.
In Putin's Russia, posting news of an upcoming rally for Alexei Navalny can get you 3 years in prison.
Editors At Moscow Student Magazine Detained Over Navalny Protest Video
The authorities are investigating four editors of the student magazine Doxa, accusing them of "engaging minors in actions that might be dangerous" over a January video related to unsanctioned rallies to protest the incarceration of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny.
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