On 6 June 2019, investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was detained by police and accused of drug dealing. Golunov is a journalist with the online news website, Meduza, and he is who known for investigating political corruption and criminality in the city of Moscow. Meduza had recently received threats in relation to a story he was pursuing. At around 14.30 on 6 June 2019, Golunov was on his way to meet with a source when several policemen stopped him near Tsvetnoy Bulvar metro station in Moscow and searched his backpack. They told him that they found a package, which contained four grams of the synthetic stimulant mephedrone. Golunov denied that the package belonged to him. He was arrested and taken to the police station. Golunov is reported to have requested that swabs be taken of his hands and fingernails to prove that he had not been in contact with the drugs, but police refused to do so. Police also refused to forensically examine of the journalist’s backpack. In a statement, police said they found more drugs…