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Russian media in 2022.She soon became a court photographer
Driven by her activism, she took photos of Russian political prisoners in court for the independent SOTAvision news outlet.Two years later,
Favorskaya herself would be the one being photographed in court after she was arrested on extremism charges that she and her colleagues
consider to be revenge for her journalism and political views
If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison.Favorskaya, 34, entered journalism amid Russia's wartime crackdown on free media which has
her."Her soul truly ached," said SOTAvision editor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who met Favorskaya during the trial of opposition politician Ilya
Yashin in 2022."She was seeking like-minded people
She recorded his last court hearing a day before his Feb
16 death in an Arctic prison and took near-daily photos of his grave in Moscow.In a 2023 interview, Favorskaya, who worked as a theater and
film actress until 2022, said she became interested in politics while studying journalism at university.She has also photographed imprisoned
opposition figures such as Vladimir Kara-Murza and Lilia Chanysheva, artist Alexandra Skochilenko, and many others considered by human
rights defenders to be political prisoners."I once asked her to send her favorite shots from court hearings, and she sent me all the photos
of political prisoners smiling as if she was seeking some kind of support and strength in them," he added.Alexei NavalnyAntonina Favorskaya
/ SOTAvisionFavorskaya, also identified by court officials as Antonina Kravtsova, was detained on March 17 while she was sitting with other
journalists at a cafe near the cemetery where Navalny is buried
The next day, she was arrested for allegedly disobeying the police.After 10 days behind bars, Favorskaya was arrested again in a closed
continues to write and speak about him, sharing the same beliefs, judgments and ideas as Alexei Navalny
opposition's Noon Against Putin protest on the final day of voting in the presidential election.@AntigonaFreeman / XSOTAvision has appealed
the Safety of Journalists, at least 27 journalists are currently imprisoned in Russia
race among law enforcement agencies to [carry out] repressions, just like there is a race among lawmakers in [carrying out] repressive
detained while reporting on the police search of Favorskaya's Moscow apartment.In Ufa, the capital of the republic Bashkortostan, RusNews
designated political prisoners by the veteran human rights organization Memorial.During her court hearings, Favorskaya can be seen smiling
source for over 30 years, has been unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government
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