At least 18 Ukrainian journalists from the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula are imprisoned in Russian jails on what rights groups say are politically motivated charges ... SEE ALSO. ... His wife, Kateryna Yesypenko, has been campaigning for his release ... .
Relatives of former RFE/RL contributor Nika Novak, who was sentenced to prison last year by a Russian court for carrying out her professional duties, have voiced alarm over what they called a "difficult" transfer to a Siberian jail.