russian authorities: The journalist, Ivan Golunov, had been arrested on an attempted drug-distribution charge that he and his colleagues insisted evidence had been planted by police, according to CNN. Russia lost the most lives during WW2. To recap On Tuesday, Russian authorities dropped a criminal case against a top investigative reporter known for exposing local corruption. So why wasn't Putin invited to D-Day event As it turns out, the charges indeed had been fabricated. It was an unexpected reversal after an outpouring of solidarity from Russian civil society. The police officers who arrested Golunov were suspended from active duty, and on Thursday Putin sacked two top interior ministry officials -- the chief of internal affairs at the western district of Russia, Andrei Puchkov, and head of the Moscow directorate for drug control at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yuri Devyatkin -- in connection with the case.
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