Russian police have charged an investigative journalist Ivan Golunov with attempting to deal a 'large amount' of illegal drugs, his lawyer says
Ivan Golunov, a reporter for Meduza independent news website,"has been charged as a defendant – attempted dealing," his lawyer Pavel Chikov says.
"Ivan Golunov has been charged as a defendant -- attempted dealing," his lawyer Pavel Chikov wrote on Telegram messenger service, posting a police document showing the charge against theA prominent Russian investigative journalist has been charged with drug dealing after four grams of the synthetic stimulant mephedrone were found in his backpack, Moscow police said Friday., was stopped by police in central Moscow on Thursday afternoon.
In the evening, a queue of demonstrators assembled outside the headquarters, each in turn holding a sign in support of Golunov. Single protest pickets are permitted without prior authorisation under Russian law."We are convinced that Ivan Golunov is innocent," Timchenko's"What's more, we have reasons to believe that Golunov is being persecuted for his journalism.
Moscow police attached nine photos to its statement about Golunov's detention, some of which showed bags with white substance and big empty bottles suggestive of a makeshift drugs lab at his home.that he had been to Golunov's home and that the pictures could not have been taken at the tiny apartment.
Moscow police later amended its statement and deleted the pictures. Police said that those pictures were related to a drugs raid in the Moscow region, and that they were looking into possible links between the drug dealers' group there and Golunov.Golunov rose to prominence in recent years with his corruption investigations into Moscow's city government and the crime-ridden funeral market.
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