Moscow's Basmanny Court extended the detention of journalist and writer Nadezhda Kevorkova until October 6. She is charged under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism).

Relatives and journalists had to wait seven hours for the hearing in Moscow's Basmanny Court. The reason for initiating the criminal case was posts on Nadezhda's personal Telegram channel. One of them was a text by the murdered journalist Orkhan Dzhemal, her close friend.

Another reason was another post from 2021, which allegedly contained a "justification" for the activities of the Taliban, which is banned in the Russian Federation. It is noteworthy that at the end of May 2024, the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice announced that the Taliban could be removed from the list of banned organizations.

The defense noted that Nadezhda Kevorkova is an active volunteer for the Solidarity Foundation, helping seriously ill children and low-income people. The journalist has repeatedly visited the Gaza Strip with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry and covered the situation in the Middle East, working in Iraq and Iran. Kevorkova is the author of three books about Palestine and numerous articles on religion.