Top Russian Investigative Reporter Placed Under House Arrest
- Investigators had asked for journalist to be held in jail
- Employer says charges are related to Golunov’s investigations
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Ivan Golunov, a prominent Russian investigative reporter detained Thursday on drug-trafficking charges, was ordered by a court to stay under house arrest pending his trial.
Moscow’s Nikulinsky District Court ruled that Golunov remain under house arrest until August 7, denying a request by investigators to leave him in pretrial detention, Interfax reported late Saturday. Hundreds of journalists and supporters were gathered outside the courtroom.