Moscow's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into an editor at a news outlet that has regularly angered the authorities. The Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, said in a statement that it had opened a probe of journalist Anna Loiko on suspicion of "publicly justifying terrorism." Loiko works with the online news outlet SOTA, which publishes mostly on Telegram. Investigators said in a statement that an article written by Loiko in 2021 about the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned in Russia, justified the ideology of an organization Moscow regards as "terrorists."
Russia Investigates Editor At Online News Outlet For 'Justifying Terrorism'
Loiko works with the online news outlet SOTA, which publishes mostly on Telegram.