Russian journalists jailed for more than 5 years over alleged Navalny ties | Politics News

A Russian court has sentenced four journalists to five and a half years in prison each after convicting them of “extremism” linked to their alleged work with an organisation founded by the late opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty on Tuesday by Moscow’s Nagatinsky district court of collaborating with a group designated as extremist by Russian authorities.

All four deny the charges, insisting they are…