SPECIAL FORCES WITH MASKS RAID EDITORIAL OFFICES: Journalists in shock, lawyers banned from entering during 'SEARCH'
Masked police officers arrived around noon and began conducting searches.
TL;DR
- Russian FSB officers raided the Moscow office of Novaya Gazeta.
- The searches are reportedly linked to a case involving the alleged illegal use of personal data.
- Investigative journalist Oleg Roldugin was detained.
- Lawyers were denied entry to the office during the search.
- Novaya Gazeta's website was blocked in November 2022, and its media license was revoked in February 2023.
- The publication is also being investigated for possible ties to Novaya Gazeta Europe and the Russian Anti-War Committee.