Yesterday, the Federal Security Service detained Ivan Safronov. He was once a special correspondent for Vedomosti and Kommersant, and for the last two months he worked at Roskosmos as an adviser to Dmitry Rogozin, head of this state corporation. Former journalist suspected of collaborating with intelligence from a NATO country.
While working in the media, Safronov specialized in covering topics, defense related, and also repeatedly accompanied Russian President Vladimir Putin on his trips.
Arrest triggered protests. RBC publication said, that will monitor the progress of the investigation. They consider Safronov innocent and insist on the most transparent trial of his case..
Pickets in support of journalist held in St. Petersburg, in which, according to the correspondent of the publication Znak.com, representatives of a number of media participated: "Echo of Moscow", Open Media, "Business FM". Also with posters were representatives of the Legislative Assembly Maxim Reznik and Boris Vishnevsky.
St. Petersburg police allowed a protest rally, what will it end in 22.00. And although the protesters dispersed almost an hour later, no detentions and other repressions followed. In Moscow, near the FSB building on Lubyanka, police detained several picketers.
