Editor of top independent Russian newspaper detained for ‘discrediting military’

Sergei Sokolov (AP Photo, File)

The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has been detained in Moscow after being accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces, the newspaper said.

Sergei Sokolov was detained by officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism (Center E) and fined 30,000 rubles (£260) in a hearing at a Moscow court later on Thursday, Novaya Gazeta said.