Russia - Russian opposition journalist could be extradited from Cyprus

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Andrey Nekrasov, a young Russian opposition journalist who was arrested at Larnaca airport in Cyprus at Russia's behest on 15 July and who faces a possible 15-year jail sentence if extradited to Russia. Nekrasov fled his home town in the Russian Urals in March to escape imminent imprisonment in connection with his journalism and activism but the long arm of the Russian criminal justice system has caught up with him abroad. (...)

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