Russian Journalist Arrested For Extortion

ROSTOV-NA-DONU, Russia — Police in the southern Russia city of Rostov-na-Donu have arrested an editor at a local newspaper for alleged extortion of government officials, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Investigators say “Yuzhny Federalny” Deputy Chief Editor Margarita Yefremova telephoned the head of the local Morozov district and offered not to publish an article she had […]