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MOSCOW – “I plan to do interviews, reports and avoid going to jail.” With these words, actress Antonina Favorskaya landed her first job in Russian media in 2022. She soon became a court photographer. Driven by her activism, she took photos of Russian political prisoners in court for the independent SOTAvision news outlet. Two years later, Favorskaya herself would be the one being photographed in court after she was arrested on extremism charges that she and her colleagues consider to be revenge for her journalism and political views. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison. Favorskay…

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