<p>A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the arrests in absentia of Russian bloggers Michael Nacke and Veronika Belotserkovskaya, accusing them of discrediting the army and its offensive in Ukraine.</p>.<p>Nacke, a 28-year-old Kremlin critic, hosts a YouTube channel with more than 700,000 subscribers where he discusses Russia's military actions in Ukraine.</p>.<p>A Russian citizen, he is currently in Lithuania, he told AFP, after a Moscow court ordered his detention.</p>.<p>Nacke said he was accused of "calling a war a war" and prosecuted over his updates about the course of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine on his YouTube channel.</p>.<p>He risks up to 10 years in prison if he returns to Russia, he said.</p>.<p>He said his arrest was "part of the massive pressure on journalists and analysts who objectively describe the course of the current war."</p>.<p>"The goal of the Kremlin and (President Vladimir) Putin personally is to silence everyone," he said.</p>.<p>He said he would continue with his reports.</p>.<p>"There's nothing more important right now," he said.</p>.<p>Nacke creates videos with Ruslan Leviev, the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team, a team of bloggers investigating the Russian military.</p>.<p>A court has separately ordered the arrest of Leviev, who has also left Russia.</p>.<p>The court in Moscow on Tuesday also ordered the detention in absentia of Belotserkovskaya, a blogger with more than 900,000 followers on Instagram.</p>.<p>Belotserkovskaya, who lives in France, is a popular culinary blogger who has also published comments about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine.</p>.<p>After Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24, Russia introduced prison terms of up to 15 years for spreading information about its military deemed false by the government.</p>.<p>In March, Belotserkovskaya became the first target of the new legislation.</p>.<p>Many critics of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine have been arrested and jailed including opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza and artist Aleksandra Skochilenko.</p>.<p>Independent media outlets including Novaya Gazeta have in recent weeks been shut down or suspended operations, and tens of thousands of Russians have left the country.</p>
<p>A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the arrests in absentia of Russian bloggers Michael Nacke and Veronika Belotserkovskaya, accusing them of discrediting the army and its offensive in Ukraine.</p>.<p>Nacke, a 28-year-old Kremlin critic, hosts a YouTube channel with more than 700,000 subscribers where he discusses Russia's military actions in Ukraine.</p>.<p>A Russian citizen, he is currently in Lithuania, he told AFP, after a Moscow court ordered his detention.</p>.<p>Nacke said he was accused of "calling a war a war" and prosecuted over his updates about the course of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine on his YouTube channel.</p>.<p>He risks up to 10 years in prison if he returns to Russia, he said.</p>.<p>He said his arrest was "part of the massive pressure on journalists and analysts who objectively describe the course of the current war."</p>.<p>"The goal of the Kremlin and (President Vladimir) Putin personally is to silence everyone," he said.</p>.<p>He said he would continue with his reports.</p>.<p>"There's nothing more important right now," he said.</p>.<p>Nacke creates videos with Ruslan Leviev, the founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team, a team of bloggers investigating the Russian military.</p>.<p>A court has separately ordered the arrest of Leviev, who has also left Russia.</p>.<p>The court in Moscow on Tuesday also ordered the detention in absentia of Belotserkovskaya, a blogger with more than 900,000 followers on Instagram.</p>.<p>Belotserkovskaya, who lives in France, is a popular culinary blogger who has also published comments about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine.</p>.<p>After Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24, Russia introduced prison terms of up to 15 years for spreading information about its military deemed false by the government.</p>.<p>In March, Belotserkovskaya became the first target of the new legislation.</p>.<p>Many critics of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine have been arrested and jailed including opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza and artist Aleksandra Skochilenko.</p>.<p>Independent media outlets including Novaya Gazeta have in recent weeks been shut down or suspended operations, and tens of thousands of Russians have left the country.</p>