Russian journalist arrested for years-old social media posts amid intensifying crackdown

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian journalist who has worked for both state-funded and independent media has been detained and faces charges of justifying terrorism through posts on the Telegram messaging app, according to her lawyer. The detention of Nadezhda Kevorkova comes amid an intensifying crackdown on journalists, opposition figures and critics of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kevorkova’s lawyer, Kaloy Akhilgov says on Telegram that the journalist is expected to appear in court Tuesday. If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to five years in prison. Akhilgov says the charges involve two posts, one in 2018 and the other in 2021. The post in 2018 related to the 2005 attack by Islamic militants on the city of Nalchik in southern Russia in which 139 people died. The 2021 post concerns the Taliban.