Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin both denied the charges, for which they will be detained for a minimum of two months before any trials begin. Each faces between two and six years in prison for alleged "participation in an extremist organisation", according to Russian courts.
The two are just the latest journalists arrested amid a Russian government crackdown on dissent and independent media that intensified after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
The Russian government passed laws criminalising what it deems false information about the military, or statements seen as discrediting the military, outlawing any criticism of the war in Ukraine or speech that deviates from the official narrative.
Ajournalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine, Sergei Mingazov, was detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military, his lawyer said on Friday.
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