Briefly… Russia’s Svetlana Prokopyeva On Media Freedom
Svetlana Prokopyeva, a freelance contributor to RFE/RL’s Russian Service, faces a seven-year charge for “using a mass media platform to justify terrorism.”
Journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva speaks on World Press Freedom Day. A freelance contributor to RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Prokopyeva faces a seven-year charge for “using a mass media platform to justify terrorism.” Prokopyeva and rights monitors have rejected the charges.