Editor of Interfax Reported Missing; Criminal Case Opened

A criminal case has been opened in Moscow under the article of "Murder" following the disappearance of 29-year-old Margarita Ignatova, an editor at the Interfax news agency.

The investigation revealed that the journalist left her home on Vesenya Street in Moscow on the morning of November 17, 2019. So far, there has been no information about her whereabouts.

Earlier reports indicated Margarita Ignatova's disappearance. Her colleague Georgy Spirou stated that on the night of November 18, the woman’s mother sent a message from her daughter’s phone number, indicating that her daughter had been out of the house for almost a day.