Ivan Valentinovich Golunov is a Russian investigative journalist and anti-corruption reporter currently working for independent outlet Meduza. He became famous in June 2019 when he was charged with drug-related crime by Moscow Police and later released when an unprecedented and widespread public outcry followed. By the time he was arrested several dozens of Golunov's works about corruption among officials and businessmen in Moscow and several other cities and regions were made public and offered for reprint and distribution in order to raise public awareness of the case. The persecution of Golunov has attracted much attention from Russian internet and social media community and was met with severe criticism of the police power abuse.