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Russia frees 'Novaya Gazeta' editor after raiding his house

Sergei Sokolov left Moscow’s Investigative Committee as a witness, not a suspect—but the search of the Novaya Gazeta editor’s home has renewed fears for the newspaper’s jailed journalists. The case offers a glimpse of the pressure that independent media in Russia are facing.