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Per Bill Browder: all charges against Russian reporter Ivan Golunov have been dropped!!
BREAKING: All charges against Russian anti corruptionreporter Ivan Golunov dropped after his bogus arrest
and beating in police custody. I wish this was true of all
the other political prisoners in Russia.
Link to tweet
All charges against Russian reporter Ivan Golunov have been dropped, after a huge public outcry.
Mr Golunov, an investigative journalist, had been accused of drug dealing - but his lawyers said the drugs were planted by authorities.
Russian newspapers rallied around him in a rare public show of support.
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said Mr Golunov's guilt "has not been proven" – and that two police officers had been suspended.
Mr Golunov, an investigative journalist, had been accused of drug dealing - but his lawyers said the drugs were planted by authorities.
Russian newspapers rallied around him in a rare public show of support.
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said Mr Golunov's guilt "has not been proven" – and that two police officers had been suspended.
more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48600233
Mr Golunov seen in a cage in court on 8 June
GREAT NEWS
Keep the pressure on, World
fuck you, Vlad
