Novaya Gazeta Editor-in-Chief Detained in Moscow
Media Industry,Russia,Europe,Eastern Europe,Moscow,Journalists,Journalism
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Russian law enforcement officers on Thursday raided the Moscow apartment of Sergei Sokolov, the editor-in-chief of independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, before taking him in for questioning.
Novaya Gazeta said contact with Sokolov was lost at around noon Moscow time before he was scheduled to lead an editorial planning meeting.
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