MOSCOW (Reuters) -A man whose lawyer says he accidentally stumbled on information about pro-Ukrainian combat units while browsing the internet on a bus is the first Russian known to be investigated under a law banning online searches for material Moscow calls extremist.

Russian media quoted Sergei Barsukov, a lawyer in the Sverdlovsk region of the Urals, as saying he was representing 20-year-old Sergei Glukhikh, who had been reported by his internet service provider to the FSB security service for viewing information about units Russia regards as terrorists.

The news outlet Ostorozhno Novosti quoted Barsukov as saying his client had no malicious intent, and complaining that investigators had exerted psychological pressure on him.

Russia has introduced censorship laws since its 2022 inva

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