<p>Russian prosecutors on Friday demanded six years in prison for a journalist for allegedly justifying terrorism in a case that has drawn outrage from supporters and rights groups.</p>.<p>Svetlana Prokopyeva, who is based in the northwestern city of Pskov and works for RFE/RL's Russian Service, has been charged with publicly justifying terrorism after she wrote a piece about a bomb attack in 2018.</p>.<p>In November 2018, a 17-year-old anarchist blew himself up in the lobby of a Federal Security Service (FSB) building in Arkhangelsk in northern Russia, injuring three service members.</p>.<p>In the opinion piece, published by the Pskov affiliate of the Echo of Moscow radio station, Prokopyeva, 40, linked the teenager's suicide bombing to the political climate under President Vladimir Putin.</p>.<p>She has denied the charges, calling them punishment for her work.</p>.<p>Speaking from the court, Prokopyeva said Friday that the prosecution demanded that she be sentenced to six years in prison and banned from working as a journalist for four years.</p>.<p>"This is revenge for harsh -- and apparently -- spot-on criticism," she told AFP.</p>.<p>The court is expected to announce its verdict in the hugely controversial trial on Monday.</p>.<p>Media watchdogs and rights groups have denounced the pressure against Prokopyeva.</p>.<p>Journalist and political activist Ilya Azar urged supporters to protest against "this insane case" by staging pickets near the Moscow headquarters of the FSB security service later Friday.</p>
<p>Russian prosecutors on Friday demanded six years in prison for a journalist for allegedly justifying terrorism in a case that has drawn outrage from supporters and rights groups.</p>.<p>Svetlana Prokopyeva, who is based in the northwestern city of Pskov and works for RFE/RL's Russian Service, has been charged with publicly justifying terrorism after she wrote a piece about a bomb attack in 2018.</p>.<p>In November 2018, a 17-year-old anarchist blew himself up in the lobby of a Federal Security Service (FSB) building in Arkhangelsk in northern Russia, injuring three service members.</p>.<p>In the opinion piece, published by the Pskov affiliate of the Echo of Moscow radio station, Prokopyeva, 40, linked the teenager's suicide bombing to the political climate under President Vladimir Putin.</p>.<p>She has denied the charges, calling them punishment for her work.</p>.<p>Speaking from the court, Prokopyeva said Friday that the prosecution demanded that she be sentenced to six years in prison and banned from working as a journalist for four years.</p>.<p>"This is revenge for harsh -- and apparently -- spot-on criticism," she told AFP.</p>.<p>The court is expected to announce its verdict in the hugely controversial trial on Monday.</p>.<p>Media watchdogs and rights groups have denounced the pressure against Prokopyeva.</p>.<p>Journalist and political activist Ilya Azar urged supporters to protest against "this insane case" by staging pickets near the Moscow headquarters of the FSB security service later Friday.</p>