4 d. ago Second Italian journalist allegedly targeted with ‘mercenary spyware’

Ciro Pellegrino of Fanpage, who has been critical of Meloni government, says notification provoked ‘horrible feeling’A second Italian journalist whose news organisation exposed young fascists within the prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party was targeted with sophisticated “mercenary spyware”, according to an Apple notification received by the reporter.Ciro Pellegrino is the second reporter at the investigative news outlet Fanpage to fall victim to an alleged spyware attack, after his editor-in-chief, Francesco Cancellato. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny’s movement

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Online troll who created Blue Whale suicide 'game' group that encouraged children to kill themselves after completing a series of tasks is jailed for nine years

A sinister online troll who sought to manipulate children and teenagers to commit suicide has been jailed in Russia.

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3 w. ago Soldier jailed by Russia after he voluntarily surrendered to Ukraine

Ivanishin, who was reported to have denied all the charges, will serve his sentence in a maximum security facility

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3 w. ago Moment US ballerina Ksenia Karelina embraces fiancé as she returns from Russian jail

A US ballerina jailed for 12 years in Russia after donating $51 to a charity supporting Ukraine reunited with her fiancé in an emotional embrace as she landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday, 10 April.

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3 w. ago US ballerina Ksenia Karelina is freed from Russian jail hell in prisoner swap months after she was sentenced to 12 years in penal colony for high treason

Russia has today released American ballerina Ksenia Karelina from her jail hell in an early morning prisoner swap between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's respective intelligence agencies

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