The Russian Interior Ministry on July 18 added journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva to its wanted list on unspecified charges. Prokopyeva left Russia for Latvia in March 2022 after police brutally forced her to a police station and questioned her in a case of allegedly spreading lies about the regional governor of Pskov. In September, a Russian court convicted Prokopyeva in absentia of discrediting Russia's military over an interview with historian Vasily Zharkov and fined her 35,000 rubles ($395). On July 17, the Interior Ministry added two other journalists in exile -- Andrei Zakharov and Dmitry Fomintsev -- to its wanted list. To read the original story by RFE/RL's North.Realities, click here.
Russia Adds Journalist Prokopyeva To Wanted List
Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva (file photo)