PSKOV - A Russian journalist was found guilty on Monday and handed a hefty fine for"justifying terrorism" in a case that sparked an outcry among her allies at home and rights groups abroad.
The judge found Prokopyeva guilty, an AFP journalist in the Pskov courtroom reported, and ordered her to pay a fine of 500,000 rubles . Prokopyeva left the court building carrying a large bouquet of flowers, thanking her allies for their support and vowing to appeal the decision. In her opinion piece, published by the Pskov affiliate of the Echo of Moscow radio station, Prokopyeva linked the teenager's suicide bombing to the political climate under President Vladimir Putin.
International press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said it was"relieved" by the ruling and"welcomes the mobilisation in support of the journalist". More than 30 prominent Russian journalists spoke out in support of Prokopyeva in statements published online this month, and more than a dozen of her supporters were briefly detained at a picket last week.
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