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FILE - Sergei Sokolov, a deputy editor of Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper where Anna Politkovskaya worked before her 2006 murder, speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The editor-in-chief of renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained in Moscow on Thursday for "discrediting" Russia's armed forces. Sergei Sokolov was detained by officers from Russia's Center for Combating Extremism, Novaya Gazeta announced. (AP Photo, File)

Editor of top independent Russian newspaper detained for allegedly discrediting military

The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has been detained in Moscow after being accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces

By The Associated Press
Published - Feb 29, 2024, 10:21 AM ET
Last Updated - Feb 29, 2024, 10:21 AM EST

The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained in Moscow on Thursday after being accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces, the newspaper said.

Sergei Sokolov was detained by officers from Russia’s Center for Combating Extremism (Center E), Novaya Gazeta said.

It said the charges — which are “administrative” and are usually punishable by a fine or a short prison sentence -– are related to an article printed by the newspaper. The date of Sokolov’s hearing is not yet known.

The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it “protests against this arrest which further testifies to the violence of censorship in Russia.”

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