RFE/RL Journalist Held In Russian Isolation Unit As Media Freedom Forum Warns Of Crackdown

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefLONDON/PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – U.S.-backed broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) says one of its jailed journalists has been moved to a “punitive isolation unit” in Russia, where she is serving additional disciplinary penalties for alleged violations, as critics warn that more journalists and media workers are now behind bars in the country than last year.Nika Novak, 32, who previously worked for the news outlet ChitaM