Meduza special correspondent Ivan Golunov has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of illegal drug possession with the intent to distribute. Officers seized several packets of narcotics they say they found in his backpack and at his home, but they initially refused to collect samples from his hands and fingernails, for forensic analysis that could determine if he was ever in contact with the drugs police say they found. The authorities finally carried out the examination, only after a visit from public monitoring commission members.
Meduza: Moscow police say Golunov refused to surrender forensic samples
Police officers detain a man protesting against the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov outside the headquarters of the Moscow branch of the Russian Interior Ministry in Moscow on June 7, 2019.
