1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJessica Jerreathttps://cpj.org/author/jjerreat/Editor of Russia's Novye Kolyosa due in court after 15 months in custody - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YzZH6Ihhu1"><a href="https://cpj.org/2019/02/editor-of-russias-novye-kolyosa-due-in-court-after/">Editor of Russia’s Novye Kolyosa due in court after 15 months in custody</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2019/02/editor-of-russias-novye-kolyosa-due-in-court-after/embed/#?secret=YzZH6Ihhu1" width="600" height="338" title="“Editor of Russia’s Novye Kolyosa due in court after 15 months in custody” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="YzZH6Ihhu1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RT_StPetersburg_1.jpg750523New York, February 13, 2019--Igor Rudnikov, editor-in-chief and owner of the independent Kaliningrad-based weekly Novye Kolyosa, is due to appear in court on extortion charges in St. Petersburg tomorrow, according to local news reports. Rudnikov, who faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted, has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest on November…