Rubbed drug journalists Police received 12 years in prison

Moshortsud appointed imprisonment for a time to 12 years of the colony of strict regime with five former employees of the internal affairs management in the western district of Moscow, which in the summer of 2019 detained the MEDUZA special project (the publication is recognized by the Inense) Ivan Golunov and threw the drugs to him. Such a sentence made a judge Sergey Gruzdev, reports RBC correspondent.

Ex-head of the Drug Control Department of the Department of Internal Affairs of CJSC Igor Lyakhovets received 12 years of colony with deprivation of the right to hold posts related to the functions of the representative of the authority for a period of five years, he also deprived the title of lieutenant colonel.

Golunov was detained on June 6, 2019, journalists responded to his persecution with protests. On June 11, on the eve of an inconsistent rally in defense of the journalist, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Belloltsev, said that the accusations with Golunov were removed, he will be released, and the actions of the police are checked. Almost immediately in the metropolitan police began dismissal, and six months later the FSB and SC detained five operatives from among the journalist directly involved in the persecution.