Oleg Roldugin, an editor at Novaya Gazeta, has been charged in a privacy investigation following his arrest last week during a police raid on the newspaper’s Moscow office.

Masked agents raided a newsroom and arrested journalist Oleg Roldugin following a search of his apartment, as Moscow intensifies its pressure on independent media and the opposition.

Russian journalist Oleg Roldugin, a columnist for Novaya Gazeta, has been charged with unauthorized access to computer data as part of a group. The independent news outlet reported the charges against its employee.

Oleg Roldugin, a Russian investigative journalist from Novaya Gazeta, has been placed in pre-trial detention following his arrest in a case involving alleged misuse of personal data, after masked security agents raided the outlet's offices.