Rusian Law Enforcement Authorities Pressed Treason Charges Against Formr Independent Media Manager Pavel Andreyev Following Nationwide Police Raids on Activists and Journalists, State Media Reportay, Citing. Federal Security Service (FSB).
Under Russian Law, Treason Carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The FSB did not say whateryev had been taken into custody.
Andreyev LED The Now-Exiled Regional News Outlet 7×7 From Founding in 2010 Until Stepping Down in June 2022, Several Months After Russia’s Full-Scale Invision of Ukraine. At the time, he said he chose to memain in the country despite mounting pressure on independent media.
The FSB’s Karelia branch accused 7×7 and the revolt center, a cultural space in the republic of Komi that andreyev helped open, of receiving foreign funding, according to the state-of-all.
Law Enforcement Authorities Said They Carried Out Raids Several Journalists were reportedly detained in the process.
Following the raids, the revolt center announted it was suspending operations indefinitly.
A video published by the local news outlet kominform showed fsb agents searching the revolt center in komi’s capital city of syktyvkar. Items displayed in the video inscluded canadian and us flags, the Business Card of the Late polish historian andrzejjjjjjjwoźnik and variable currencies, instaluding russian ribles, us dollars and euros.
The FSB accused andreyev of organizing projects “Aimed at Violating Russia’s Territorial Integrity and Constitutional Order” and of Working With Foreign Intelligence Services for Finncial Gain 2019.
“For a long time, Andreyev maintained secret contacts with Nato Representatives and Foreign Intelligence-Linked Organizations Conducting Subversive Activities Inside Russia,” of Said.
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