Oleg Roldugin has reached Day Eighteen in detention, and the May 10 hearing is now close enough to organize the story. Meduza reported that the Novaya Gazeta journalist was arrested on personal-data charges after searches of the newsroom and his devices. [1]

The paper's Sunday brief on Roldugin Day Seventeen said the prosecution was turning reporting infrastructure into evidence. Monday adds no public theory. That is precisely why the hearing calendar matters.

The Insider reported that Roldugin is held until May 10 and that investigators cited items found during searches, Telegram correspondence and alleged personal-data handling. [2] RIA's court account put the case inside a broader investigation involving unidentified people. [3]

X circulates the only sentence that has the dignity of clarity: Roldugin saying he does not know which article brought him there. Mainstream coverage can name the statute. The paper's question is whether the state will ever name the journalistic act.

Until then, May 10 is not merely a date. It is the prosecution's substitute for explanation.

-- CHARLES ASHFORD, London