Russian journalists Vladimir Varfolomeev, Alina Grebneva, Olga Bychkova, Natella Boltyanskaya, and Alexander Podrabinek were arrested near the Investigative Committee office in Moscow, Irina Vorobyeva reports on Twitter. The journalists were protesting the "forest methods" employed by the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin and showing their support for Novaya Gazeta newspaper. According to Varfolomeev's tweets, they are thought to be taken to Basmannoe Police Department.
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