Employees of Sputnik Turkey freed after brief detention
Employees of Sputnik Turkey freed after brief detention. Margarita Simonyan
The head of the Turkish branch of Sputnik was released after being briefly detained amid searches at the Istanbul office of the Russian news agency. Three employees of the outlet were also freed after questioning by Ankara police.
The released journalists were met with applause from a group of supporters who had gathered outside the Hall of Justice.
According to the official report on their interrogation, Turkish prosecutors did not find any wrongdoing on the journalists’ part.
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