Russian Police Raid Journalists’ Homes After Expose on Top Cop
- Proekt reports interior minister’s relatives own luxury homes
- Crackdown taking place on opposition, independent media
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Police in Moscow raided the homes of top journalists from independent news site Proekt on Tuesday after it published an investigation alleging that relatives of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev own multi-million-dollar residences.
Law enforcement officers arrived to search the homes of Proekt’s Editor-in-Chief Roman Badanin, his deputy Mikhail Rubin and the reporter who wrote the article, Maria Zholobova, the state-run Tass news service reported, citing unnamed security officials. The Interior Ministry didn’t immediately respond to requests to comment.