A search is underway at the editorial office of the independent publication Sapa in Vladikavkaz, a major city in the North Caucasus.

A search is underway at the editorial office of the independent publication Sapa in Vladikavkaz, a major city in the North Caucasus. This was reported by the publication itself.

The following was clarified by Sapa: “The journalists managed to report that unidentified people in plain clothes entered the building in the morning. They began conducting a search. The editorial staff have been unreachable for six hours.”

According to unconfirmed reports, law enforcement officers took several people away, but the reason is unknown.