{
  "id": 11388995,
  "title": "Russia sentences founder of exile news outlet Astra to seven years in absentia. Her lawyers say she was convicted of violating ‘foreign agent’ regulations despite never being designated one.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/russia-sentences-founder-of-exile-news-outlet-astra-to-seven-years-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T07:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/02/russia-sentences-founder-of-exile-news-outlet-astra-to-seven-years-in-absentia-her-lawyers-say-she-was-convicted-of-violating-foreign-agent-regulations-despite-never-being-designated-one"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ulyanovsk’s Zavolzhsky District Court has sentenced Anastasia Chumakova, Astra’s founder and editor-in-chief, in absentia to seven years in prison.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}