A court in Moscow on Tuesday convicted journalists Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin, and Artyom Kriger, on charges of extremism.

They were sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison.

They were accused of being part of an "extremist organization," in reference to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), founded by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died under unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison in February 2024.

Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin previously worked for DW's Moscow bureau.

All four journalists denied the charges, saying they did not work for the foundation but merely reported on its activities.

The closed-door trial was part of a crackdown on dissent that has reached an unprecedented scale after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February........

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