Investigators Seize Media-Most’s Files

Russian authorities seized financial and personnel files from the offices of Media-Most, a media holding company whose owner’s arrest last month prompted an international outcry and fears of a crackdown against press freedoms. Investigators also gathered documents from the NTV television network, one of Media-Most’s outlets, and the Gazprom state gas monopoly, which owns part of NTV, news reports said. Media outlets owned by Vladimir A. Gusinsky’s Media-Most have been critical of Kremlin policies. He faces charges of defrauding the government in a privatization deal.