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Moscow Court Jails Journalist Daria Shipacheva 12 Years for Treason
The Moscow Times • • world
Key Points:
- Moscow judge sentenced journalist Daria Shipacheva to 12 years in prison on treason charges, based on a wire transfer she made to a Ukrainian family member, according to Mediazona and T-Invariant.
- Shipacheva was arrested in April 2025, held in Rostov-on-Don, and later transferred to Moscow’s Lefortovo prison; her trial lasted only 90 minutes and was held behind closed doors.
- The defense requested a lighter sentence due to her cooperation with authorities and guilty plea, but the judge imposed a harsh penalty; Shipacheva had previously faced online harassment for her feminist views.
- Shipacheva worked as a freelance medical journalist for Forbes Russia and other outlets from 2019 to 2025 before her arrest.
- Russian courts have convicted a record 312 individuals on treason, espionage, and foreign cooperation charges in the first half of 2026, highlighting a crackdown on dissent.
