The Ministry of Internal Affairs terminated the case against the specialist "Medusa" Ivan Golunov. His fault in the sale of drugs was not proved

Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev on June 11 He said that it was decided to release Medusa journalist Ivan Golunov from responsibility, Interfax reports .

The fault of a journalist accused of attempted drugs was not proven. Golunov will be released from house arrest on June 11.

In relation to police officers who detained Golunov, an official audit is carried out. Kolokoltsev will petition the President of Russia on removing from the posts of the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Western District of Moscow, Major General of Police Andrei Puchkov and the head of the Department for Control of Drugs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, Major General Yuri Devyatkin .

Golunov was detained on June 6 in Moscow. The relatives of the journalist learned about his detention only on June 7th. Golunov was accused of selling drugs, he spent more than two days in a temporary detention center, on June 8 the court sent him under house arrest. The journalist claimed that the police were thrown by the drugs and that he was persecuted because of his investigations, in particular for material about the funeral business.
In Moscow, St. Petersburg and in the regions of Russia, journalists and activists held pickets and promotions in support of Golunov.