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Ex-Russian Journalist Charged With High Treason

RFE/RL

   MOSCOW - Investigators of the Federal Security Service have formally
   charged an aide to the chief of Russia's Roskosmos space agency,
   journalist Ivan Safronov, with high treason.
   Safronov's lawyer Ivan Pavlov said his client was indicted on July 13,
   adding that he reiterated his previous not guilty plea.
   Moscow police on July 13 [1]detained about 20 supporters of Safronov
   near the Lefortovo detention center in the Russian capital, where
   Safronov is being held.
   Among the detained supporters of Safronov were a member of the
   journalists' labor union, Sofia Rusova, and reporters Pyotr
   Parkhomenko, Maria Karpenko, Olga Alenova, Alla Pugachyovaand Taisia
   Bekbulatova.

   Safronov, who has worked since May as an adviser to Roskosmos head
   Dmitry Rogozin, is a prominent journalist who covered the
   military-industrial complex for the newspapers Kommersant and
   Vedomosti.

References

   1. https://www.svoboda.org/a/30723561.html

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