INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian investigators said Tuesday they had launched a criminal case against a popular journalist for alleging that Moscow's army
deliberately shelled a maternity hospital in Ukraine's embattled city of Mariupol.Alexander Nevzorov is the first prominent political
reporter and commentator to be probed for spreading "false" information about the Russian army under new legislation introduced after
President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24.The Investigative Committee's announcement came on the 27th day of what
people."Nevzorov published deliberately false information about the deliberate shelling by Russia's armed forces of a maternity hospital in
the city of Mariupol," a statement said."The publications were accompanied by inaccurate photographs of civilians affected by the shelling,"
investigators said, adding that the pictures had been first published by Ukrainian media.Investigators also said they were seeking to
establish Nevzorov's whereabouts.Nevzorov, 63, is a veteran Russian journalist and a former member of parliament.He is believed to be
residing outside Russia.Last week, investigators also opened a criminal case against Veronika Belotserkovskaya, a Russian blogger and
publisher who lives in France, over spreading "false" information that Russian armed forces were targeting Ukrainian civilians including
