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Images of the European court of Justice where Russian channel RT France challenges EU ban on broadcasting. IMAGES
Technicians inspect the site where a major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv following bombardments from Russia forces. An AFP journalist in Ukraine's second-largest city saw the red-and-white spire of the 240-metre structure toppled after local officials reported a barrage by Russian forces. IMAGES
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny appears in a Russian court via video link at a pre-trial hearing. His team says authorities are preparing a major new trial against him. IMAGES
Images of former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who denounced President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine, in court as Moscow's Basmanny district court ruled that she will be placed under house arrest until October 9. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a state television employee who barged onto the set of Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast holding a poster protesting the Kremlin's ongoing military operation in Ukraine, walks out of Moscow's Ostankinsky district court to talk to reporters after a hearing where she was fined and released. IMAGES