(2 Oct 2024)
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Moscow, Russia – 02 October 2024
1. Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin, Antonina Favorskaya and Artyom Kriger being escorted by police from courtroom
2. Various of sister of Sergey Karelin speaking to reporter
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Karelina, sister of accused journalist Sergey Karelin:
++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"All our friends are shocked, in general, for some reason no one expected it, despite the fact that Seryozha does what he does and we live where we live, and we all understand what the situation is with opposition journalism. But somehow everyone was surprised, I wasn’t surprised. Everyone is trying their best to support him. Everyone is trying to write."
4. Olga Karelina speaking with reporter
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Karelina, sister of accused journalist Sergey Karelin:
++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"He’s feeling much better. He’s slowly recovering. He seems to be growing a healthy anger, which is good. Because in the first moments, he was terrified."
6. Various exterior shots of court
7. SOUNDBITE (RUSSIAN) Olga Biryukova, Konstantin Gabov’s lawyer:
"Today there was a technical hearing, as we call it, because the question of extending the detention measure was discussed, they extended it for six months. And we also determined how we will be reviewing this further, every Thursday from two o’clock in the afternoon there will be a process and as we understood, the judge intends to consider the case without delaying, quite quickly."
8. Close of sign
9. SOUNDBITE (RUSSIAN) Olga Biryukova, Konstantin Gabov’s lawyer:
"Today they saw that such a large group of support came, of course they were happy, because they have been in the pre-trial detention center for a very long time. Of course, they receive letters, visually they also see someone during the announcements of measure and extension, but the process is also closed, so they can see someone there in the corridors and of course they miss all this communication. But they are determined and are in working condition."
10. Street
STORYLINE:
Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday on charges over their alleged work for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger, Sergey Karelin and Konstantin Gabov all deny the charges of involvement with an extremist group that have been levied against them.
Olga Karelina, sister of one of the accused journalists Sergey Karelin told the Associated Press that their friends were shocked to hear the news of Sergey’s arrest and try to support him as much as possible.
"He’s feeling much better. He’s slowly recovering. He seems to be growing a healthy anger, which is good. Because in the first moments, he was terrified." she said.
Karelin is a freelance video journalist, he has done work for Western media outlets, including The Associated Press.
Favorskaya and Kriger worked with SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet that covers protests and political trials.
Gabov is a freelance producer who has worked for multiple organisations, including Reuters.
Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Konstantion Gabov’s lawyer confirmed that the detention of the four journalists was extended for six months.
She also added that the judge intends to consider the case "without delaying, quite quickly."
If convicted, the four journalists face up to six years in prison.
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