Security forces came to the editorial office of the Murmansk publication “Arctic Observer”

Security forces came to the editorial office of the Murmansk publication “Arctic Observer”. RusNews about this.

Its editor-in-chief Vyacheslav Gorodetsky reports on his telegram channel: “The situation is such that at least today we are unlikely to publish anything.”

wrote: The searches took place in the apartments of journalists Vyacheslav Gorodetsky and Dmitry Artemenko, as well as in the premises rented by the Arctic Observer, in the publication’s telegram channel. Security forces seized computers, mobile phones and other digital media. The reason for the visit was a denunciation written by one of the regional government officials because of the material of the Arctic Observer. The journalists noted that they had signed a non-disclosure agreement, so they could not share the details of what was happening.

17:15 clarified by the telegram channel “Murmansk Swineherd”, a criminal case was opened against journalists under an article of libel due to the purchase of “warm stops”, which were initially not suitable for use in the Far North.

21:42 According to the text