An Estonian court on Wednesday sentenced a journalist with previous ties to Russian state media to six years in prison for treason.The Harju County District Court discovered that Svetlana Burceva had worked together with a reserve officer from Russias FSB security service in actions that threatened Estonias self-reliance and sovereignty.The sentence was six years in prison, the court said in a statement.
Burceva, described as Burtseva in Russian media, has 30 days to appeal.According to the court, Burceva and FSB reserve officer Roman Romachev prepared to publish products aimed at advancing Russian foreign and security policy interests.
A book they co-authored on hybrid warfare was described by the court as a propagandist work that lacks the hallmarks of independent analysis.Burceva, who got Estonian citizenship in 1994, had actually worked with Estonian websites associated with Russias Rossiya Segodnya media group given that 2017.
She was arrested on Feb.
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