Ufa journalist Olga Komleva was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Court of Fontaine recognized RusNews, where Olga worked, reported that she was found guilty of participating in an extremist organization and spreading "fake news" about the army. The prosecution had requested a 13-year prison sentence.
The journalist was detained on March 27. She claimed the prosecution was motivated by her work on the "Baimak Case." It later emerged that Komleva was accused of ties to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) and faced up to six years in prison. Later, charges of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces were added to her charges.
Earlier, NeMoskva wrote that the journalist’s husband complained to the Prosecutor General regarding the harassment directed at her in the Ufa pre-trial detention center.