The prosecution has requested a 13-year prison sentence for Olga Komleva, a journalist from Ufa, a major city in Bashkortostan.

Prosecutors have requested a 13-year prison sentence for Olga Komleva, a journalist from Ufa, a major city in Bashkortostan, on charges of spreading “fake news” and participating in FBK. She shared this news with people present in the court corridor as she was being escorted by guards, reports a correspondent from Mediazona.

The trial is being held behind closed doors. The verdict is scheduled to be announced on 24 July.

Komleva was taken into pre-trial detention in March 2024, accused of participating in an extremist organisation (Part 2, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code). Later that summer, an additional charge was added: spreading “fake news” about the Russian army out of hatred (Paragraph “d,” Part 2, Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).