MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian defence reporter Ivan Safronov lost an appeal on Wednesday against a 22-year jail sentence for treason. Safronov, a former reporter for the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers who later worked as an adviser to the head of Russia’s space agency, was arrested in 2020 and accused of disclosing classified information. His supporters called his sentencing in September an unjustified and draconian measure that showed the absence of media freedom in Russia. Speaking from the defendant’s cage before the ruling was announced, Safronov joked with reporters, and said he w…