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A search is underway at the Novaya Gazeta editorial office.

How to сообщает At approximately 12:00 PM, masked security officers arrived at the Moscow editorial office and began conducting an investigation. Lawyers were not allowed in.

The editors write that the reason for the search is unknown.

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Lawyer Kaloy Akhilgov пишетThe search is being conducted by the Investigative Committee, most likely as part of a criminal case related to the publications.

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RIA Novosti, citing sources in law enforcement agencies сообщаетthat the search is related to the investigation into the illegal use of personal data.

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According to the publication's press secretary Nadezhda Prusenkova, inside the editorial office is more than ten employees, but there is no connection with them.