Interior Ministry to drop charges against reporter Ivan Golunov

Interior Ministry to drop charges against reporter Ivan Golunov
# 11 June 2019 18:38 (UTC +04:00)

A decision has been taken to drop criminal charges against journalist Ivan Golunov because of a lack of evidence proving his involvement, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev told reporters on Tuesday, APA report citing TASS.

"Following biological, forensic, fingerprint and genetic tests, a decision has been made to drop the criminal case against journalist Ivan Golunov for lack of evidence proving his involvement in the crime in question. He will be released from house arrest today, and the charges against him will be dropped," Kolokoltsev said.

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