Overview
- Masked officers searched the independent paper’s newsroom in Moscow and blocked its lawyers from entering.
- The search ran for about 13 hours, and officers carried out equipment and documents from the building.
- An AFP reporter at the site saw vehicles from Russia’s Investigative Committee parked in the courtyard.
- State media said editor Oleg Roldugin was detained for 48 hours over claims he used personal data to create “negative” reports about Russians.
- Moscow police, quoted by RIA Novosti, say the case involves data harvesting and targeted posts on Telegram, while other reports say investigators are also checking for links to Novaya Gazeta Europe and an exiled anti-war group as the outlet continues operating under tight curbs since 2022.