Ivan Safronov, a former journalist for Russian dailies Kommers | RussiaGate #Digest

Ivan Safronov, a former journalist for Russian dailies Kommersant and Vedomosti who covered military industry affairs, was sentenced to 24 years in a strict regime colony on charges of treason.

During the trial, Russian independent journalists leaked elements suggesting the Russian government did not have much of a case against Safronov.

As The Guardian reports, a Russian prosecutor offered Safronov to sign a confession and be sentenced to a 12-year sentence instead. “He told her to get lost,” according to his lawyer Evgeny Smirnov.