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FILE- In this file photo taken on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, Prominent Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, leaves a Investigative Committee building in Moscow, Russia. Russia's Investigative Committee on Wednesday detained five former police officers involved in a controversial drug arrest of a prominent investigative journalist last year. Ivan Golunov, 37, was arrested in June 2019 in Moscow on drug-dealing charges he rejected as a sham. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russia arrests 5 ex-police in reporter’s planted drugs case

Associated Press

Prominent Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, cries as he leaves a Investigative Committee building in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. In a surprising turnaround, Russia's police chief on Tuesday dropped all charges against a prominent investigative reporter whose detention sparked public outrage and promised to go after the police officers who tried to frame the journalist as a drug-dealer. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin fires police officers involved in journalist’s case

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 10, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin intervened to free jailed journalist, publisher says

By Moss Brennan - The Washington Times

Police officers detain a supporter of Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov during a march in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Hundreds detained in Moscow protest over journalist’s case

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

In this photo, Russia's three major newspapers use the same headline that reads: &quot;I'm/we are Ivan Golunov&quot;, which is the name of a prominent Russian investigative reporter, who worked for the independent website Meduza, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 10, 2019. In a show of rare solidarity, Kommersant, Vedomosti and RBK, among the most respected daily newspapers in the country, published a joint editorial under the headline &quot;I am/We are Ivan Golunov,&quot; calling for a transparent probe into the case of the prominent investigative journalist. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The Latest: Freed Russian journalist thanks supporters

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In this photo taken on Saturday, June 8, 2019, Ivan Golunov, a prominent Russian investigative reporter, who worked for the independent website Meduza, leaves the cage in a court room in Moscow, Russia. Golunov left the courtroom after the ruling to place him under house arrest until Aug. 7. In the court hearing, he denied being involved with drugs and said he would be willing to help investigators. (Evgeny Feldman/meduza.io via AP)

Russian journalist freed after police abruptly drop charges

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, June 8, 2019, Ivan Golunov, a prominent Russian investigative reporter, who worked for the independent website Meduza, leaves the cage in a court room in Moscow, Russia. Golunov left the courtroom after the ruling to place him under house arrest until Aug. 7. In the court hearing, he denied being involved with drugs and said he would be willing to help investigators. (Evgeny Feldman/meduza.io via AP)

Russian newspapers show solidarity with detained journalist

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Saturday, June 8, 2019, Ivan Golunov, a prominent Russian investigative reporter, who worked for the independent website Meduza, leaves the cage in a court room in Moscow, Russia. Golunov left the courtroom after the ruling to place him under house arrest until Aug. 7. In the court hearing, he denied being involved with drugs and said he would be willing to help investigators. (Evgeny Feldman/meduza.io via AP)

Russian reporter’s lawyer protests alleged police violence

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Journalists and supporters of Ivan Golunov, a journalist who worked for the independent website Meduza, gather at a court building in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 8, 2019. A prominent Russian investigative journalist has been charged with drug dealing after four grams of the synthetic stimulant mephedrone were found in his backpack, Moscow police said Friday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russian journalist released to house arrest in drug case

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