The Memorial human rights center on May 15 recognized four Russian journalists arrested in recent months on charges of taking part in an extremist group's activities as political prisoners. It is not clear what exactly the charges stem from. Olga Komleva, a journalist with the RusNews website, was a member of late Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's team in Bashkortostan. Antonina Favorskaya covered several trials of political prisoners and Navalny's funeral in March. Konstantin Gabov cooperated with RFE/RL, Reuters, and Deutsche Welle. Sergei Karelin worked for the Associated Press and Deutsche Welle. All of Navalny's organizations were labeled extremist in 2021. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, click here.
