PO finds inaccuracies in journalist Kevorkova's case

The case of Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, accused of justifying terrorism, has been returned from the Prosecutor's Office (PO) to investigators for eliminating inaccuracies in the charges. This was reported by Kaloi Akhilgov, an advocate.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 22, the Basmanny Court of Moscow left Kevorkova in custody until January 5, 2025.

Nadezhda is accused of justifying terrorism for her two posts placed in her Telegram channel: a repost of a 2010 text by journalist Orkhan Djemal about the attack on Nalchik, and a post about the "Taliban" Movement*.

A bill to lift the ban on the "Taliban"* in Russia has been submitted to the Russian State Duma, the "Interfax" reported. It is impossible to develop relations with Afghanistan without excluding the "Taliban"* from the list of terrorist organizations, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated, the "News.ru" outlet reports.

Let us remind you that Kevorkova was critical of law enforcers' actions in Northern Caucasus and in Kabardino-Balkaria, in particular. Thus, in July 2021, law enforcers announced that they had conducted a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in Nalchik and Baksan, as a result of which five suspected militants were killed. Kevorkova said that one of those killed was Khasanbi Khupsirgenov, convicted for the 2005 attack on Nalchik. According to her version, all the five – Khasanbi Khupsirgenov, Anzor Barazov, Arsen Mendokhov, Mamaz Chikhradze and Khasan Shogenov – had been kidnapped, and the CTO was staged.

*By the Russian Supreme Court the "Taliban" Movement has been de jure recognized to be a terrorist organization and banned in Russia.