Last Friday, Meduza correspondent and leading investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was arrested on drugs charges. He is suspected of selling drugs on a large scale. During arrest, police planted several packets of mephedrone on him, and then allegedly found further substances at his home address. After these searches, Golunov was beaten and not permitted contact with his solicitor. Amidst a backlash of protest and solidarity, he has since been released on house arrest.
Golunov has conducted dozens of investigations into opaque and shady businesses run by Russia's public officials. As a gesture of solidarity, we are taking up Meduza's offer to republish this work - and present Golunov's January 2019 investigation into property owned by Moscow deputy mayor Pyotr Biriukov and his family.
