In an unprecedented reversal, the Russian interior ministry on Tuesday said it had dropped a criminal case against a prominent anti-corruption reporter whose arrest had sparked an outpouring of protests.
Meduza news project journalist Ivan Golunov reacts during the pre-trial court hearing at Nikulinsky court in Moscow on June 8. Golunov was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Charges were dropped on June 11.
The interior ministry said Ivan Golunov, an investigative journalist with the independent Meduza news site, would be released immediately from house arrest and the case against him canceled because of a lack of evidence.
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