State district attorneys are seeking a 13-year jail sentence for a reporter and activist in the republic of Bashkortostan over her ties to Alexei Navalnys banned political company and for presumably spreading out incorrect details about the Russian military.Olga Komleva volunteered at the local branch of Navalnys Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) for several years before the group was disallowed as extremist in 2021, the banished news outlet Mediazona reported.
She was jailed at pro-Navalny rallies that year and fined multiple times.Komleva has actually likewise worked as a reporter for the independent media outlet RusNews, covering a wave of protests in Bashkortostan last year.Her case is being heard behind closed doors at the Kirovsky District Court in the city of Ufa.
A verdict is anticipated on July 24.
Komlevas spouse Vyacheslav told RusNews that he was not stunned bythe state prosecutors asked for sentence for his wife.Shes being punished due to the fact that they have nothing else, he stated after Fridays hearing.
When the prosecution has absolutely nothing, thats when they request these monstrous, inhumane sentences ...
Any sensible individual comprehends what type of trial this is.Komleva was earlier added to Russias registry of terrorists and extremists.
She was also identified a foreign agent.