{
  "id": 14269598,
  "title": "Moscow court hands blogger Michael Naki a second prison sentence in absentia, bringing his combined term to 14 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/moscow-court-hands-blogger-michael-naki-a-second-prison-sentence-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:37:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/13/moscow-court-hands-blogger-michael-naki-a-second-prison-sentence-in-absentia-bringing-his-combined-term-to-14-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has sentenced blogger Michael Naki to a second in absentia prison term, adding to his original 11-year sentence. This brings his combined total to 14 years. The latest conviction stems from a video posted on May 7, 2024, titled \"Putin can now be eliminated. The day Putin stopped being president.\" Prosecutors claim the content incited the overthrow of the Russian government. Naki previously faced a 2023 sentence for spreading \"fake news\" about Ukraine's war in a video he created with Ruslan Leviev, son of the Conflict Intelligence Team founder. The court combined both cases' sentences, sentencing Naki to five years in a penal colony and barring him from running websites for five years.",
  "summary": "Moscow’s Basmanny District Court sentenced blogger Michael Naki in absentia to five years in a penal colony for publicly calling for activities aimed at undermining Russia’s security (Article 280.4, Part 2, Paragraph “c” of the Criminal Code). It also barred him from administering websites for five years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}