Legal framework and justice system

Russian journalist Zhanna Agalakova spoke at the Paris headquarters of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday about her decision to resign as Paris correspondent of Russia’s state-owned Pervi Kanal (Channel One television).

Kidnapped by Russian troops on 5 March, Nikita (his name is changed for his safety) was held for nine days.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian forces have deliberately fired on at least eight journalists or media crews.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the 19-year prison sentence that Crimean journalist Remzi Bekirov has received from a Russian military tribunal on a trumped-up terrorism charge and calls for his immediate release.