“I don’t have information on customers yet,” he said.
Thus, he answered the question of whether he was informed about who was the customer.
The head of state also said that criminal proceedings were instituted against five removed law enforcement officers.
“As for Golunov. This is what happens there. Indeed, a decision was made to classify these materials, this was taken due to the fact that during the investigation there are questions related to the organization of operational-search activities, and this information is considered closed, ”Putin added.
According to him, this does not mean that the trial should not proceed properly.
“I want to inform you that five people were removed from work from the relevant services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they were all dismissed from the bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and criminal cases were instituted against them,” the president emphasized.
Earlier, the Moscow City Court dismissed the lawsuit to reinstate in the service of police sergeant Maxim Umetbaev, who was dismissed after Golunov’s detention.
On December 2, a court in Moscow declared the actions of the investigator in the journalist’s case legal.
In the summer, Putin called the arbitrariness of the situation with the Golunov case.
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