A Russian courtroom on Saturday positioned Sergei Mingazov, a journalist for the Russian version of Forbes, beneath home arrest, experiences Claudia Chiappa of Politico.
Chiappa experiences, “Mingazov was detained Friday on prices of spreading false details about the Russian navy, his lawyer Konstantin Bubon stated on Fb.
“Bubon stated the journalist was arrested for reposting publications about what occurred within the Ukrainian metropolis of Bucha, the place Ukrainian authorities discovered the our bodies of greater than 400 civilians after Moscow’s forces withdrew in April 2022. Ukraine has formally filed war-crimes prices in opposition to Russian troopers over the killings in Bucha, however Moscow has repeatedly denied the accusations.
“Bubon instructed Forbes Russia that authorities had searched Mingazov’s home and seized his pc and telephone. In line with the lawyer, Mingazov was being detained within the far-eastern metropolis of Khabarovsk. On Saturday, Russia’s state-run RIA reported that Mingazov had been positioned beneath home arrest.”
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