POLITICS● ELEVATEDOct 2 · Oct 2, 2026, 7:40 AM
Russia sentences founder of exile news outlet Astra to seven years in absentia. Her lawyers say she was convicted of violating ‘foreign agent’ regulations despite never being designated one.
Meduza [en] · eastern europe
Ulyanovsk’s Zavolzhsky District Court has sentenced Anastasia Chumakova, Astra’s founder and editor-in-chief, in absentia to seven years in prison.
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