Putin conference table trial#

“Fozilov is at least the seventh Tajik journalist to be sentenced to a lengthy prison term in the past year. 'Tajik authorities' rejection of journalist Khurshed Fozilov's appeal serves to highlight how the courts have facilitated the criminalization of the press in the country,' Carlos Martínez de la Serna, the CPJ’s program director in New York, said in a statement.

The rejection was announced during a recent Supreme Court news conference on August 14. His lawyer subsequently filed an appeal with the regional court, which was rejected on July 12.

Putin conference table trial#

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called for the immediate release of independent journalist Khurshed Fozilov after a Tajik court rejected his appeal of a seven-year prison sentence for allegedly sending reports to the Akhbor news website that the state banned and labeled an 'extremist' organization.įozilov, known for his coverage of social issues, was convicted in May after a two-day closed door trial at the Sughd regional court even though he has said he stopped working with the website after it was banned in 2020. NATO officials have not commented publicly on Jenssen's statements, but several news outlets quoted unnamed sources from within the military alliance as saying NATO 'fully supports' Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during the NATO Summit in Vilnius in July that Kyiv remains committed to liberating all of Ukraine’s territory and would never agree to ceding territory as part of a peace deal with Moscow.įoreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said earlier this year that 'Ukraine does not accept any proposals that would involve the loss of its territories or the freezing of the conflict.' He also noted that Russia was 'struggling enormously militarily,' that it seemed 'unrealistic that can take new territories,”and repeated NATO's position that any decisions on negotiations with Russia were up to Kyiv. 'It is absolutely unclear why this was done,' Danilov said.ĭuring an August 15 panel discussion in Arendal, Norway, Jenssen made the comments, saying it could be 'a possible solution' to settling the conflict. Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, in an appearance on Ukrainian television, called the comments by Stian Jenssen, chief of staff to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, 'a strange move.' For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war in Ukraine, click here. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. With reporting by Interfax, Reuters, Liberation, and The Moscow Times The table's size was mocked on the French magazine Liberation's cover and turned into numerous memes on the Internet. 'There are no politics here and this in no way interferes with negotiations,' Peskov said.Ī source in Macron's entourage told AFP that the French president 'did everything as he had to as always when he travels.'Ī French presidential official, also quoted by AFP and who requested not to be named, confirmed that the issue had come about over the 'conditions of the PCR test demanded by the Russian side.' He said the decision on who is subjected to the long table was not political. In such cases, he said, the Kremlin has to take 'additional sanitary protocol on protecting the health of our president and his guests.' 'It is linked to the fact that some follow their own rules, they don't cooperate with the host side,' he said. 'Talks with some are being held at a long table, the distance (across the table) is about 6 meters,' Peskov said. Other visiting officials, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi have also been placed at a distance from Putin over COVID protocols. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on February 11 that the decision to subject Macron to the huge table was made after the French leader refused to take a coronavirus test performed by Kremlin medics. Vladimir Putin (right) and Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev chat on February 10.