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Added on the 18/04/2023 15:08:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Russian police detain several prominent reporters as they protest against the arrest of an investigative journalist on drugs charges in front of the Moscow police headquarters. Ivan Golunov, a reporter with Meduza independent news site, was detained in central Moscow on Thursday and police have opened an investigation into manufacturing and dealing drugs. IMAGES of the arrests
The sentencing by a Russian court of US reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison on espionage charges raises "serious concerns," a UN spokesman says. SOUNDBITE
Images inside a Russian court buidling where the US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. IMAGES
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Russia must free jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich, after prosecutors sent his case to court on espionage charges. "He's conducting his work as a journalist for free media and therefore he should be released," Stoltenberg tells journalists at a NATO meeting in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct war against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. SOUNDBITE