A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The closed-door trial is the latest in a crackdown on dissent in Russia that intensified following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Despite claims by Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny's wife, that he was murdered, Russia’s investigative committee in 2024 told her it had concluded that Navalny's death was caused by a "combination of ...