MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. The Russian Investigative Committee announced that it started looking into suspected abuse of office by police officers that it said passed information to a Telegram-based news channel.
At the same time, the Telegram-based news outlet Baza said its editorial office has been subjected to a search. Investigative Committee officers detained Editor-in-Chief Gleb Trifonov, according to his lawyer Alexey Mikhalchik.
TASS has put together key facts about the situation.
- Baza said law enforcement officers searched its office.
- It also said regular and riot police came to the apartment of Editor-in-Chief Gleb Trifonov on Tuesday morning.
