Novaya Gazeta Editor-in-Chief Sergey Sokolov Released After Questioning by the Investigative Committee

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Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov is being taken to the Investigative Committee after a search, the publication itself reports. Contact with Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov was lost at around noon on October 15 — just before an editorial planning meeting, which…

Novaya Gazeta Editor-in-Chief Sergey Sokolov Released After Questioning by the Investigative Committee

As the publication reports, Sokolov was questioned as a witness in the case against Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin. Sokolov is not permitted to disclose details of the questioning or investigative actions.

Novaya Gazeta investigative journalist and columnist Oleg Roldugin was charged under the statute covering the unlawful use and storage of personal data.

The BBC Russian Service linked Roldugin’s prosecution to the anonymous Telegram channel More Than a Fact. Among other things, it published information about flights taken by officials and businesspeople on private jets.

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‼️ Novaya Gazeta\ editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov has left the Main Investigative Directorate of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry after being questioned as a witness and has arrived at the newsroom

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