Officers seize phones and documents at apartment of reporter who investigated Kremlin
Russian
police have briefly detained and interrogated Roman Anin, one of the country’s leading investigative journalists, in a criminal probe suspected to be motivated by revenge for his investigations into the
Kremlin elite.
Investigators on Friday searched Anin’s
Moscow apartment and seized telephones and other electronic equipment and documents. Anin, the founder of iStories and one of the
Russian reporters who worked on the Panama Papers investigations, was then taken to a police station for questioning. He refused to answer questions. invoking his right not to testify. He has been summoned for questioning again on Monday.