Russian court places Forbes journalist Mingazov under house arrest, says RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court has ordered a journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes, Sergei Mingazov, to be placed under house arrest, Russia's state-owned RIA news agency reported on Saturday.

Mingazov was detained on Friday on suspicion of spreading false information about the Russian army, his magazine said at the time.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Andrew Osborn)