MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it had opened a criminal case against two foreign journalists who had illegally crossed the Russian border to report from the Kursk region after a Ukrainian incursion, the Interfax news agency reported. Citing the FSB, Interfax said the journalists included a reporter for German broadcaster […]
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Russia opens criminal cases against two more foreign journalists in Kursk region, Interfax says
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it had opened a criminal case against two foreign journalists who had illegally crossed the Russian border to report from the Kursk region after a Ukrainian incursion, the Interfax news agency reported.
Citing the FSB, Interfax said the journalists included a reporter for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and a correspondent for Ukraine’s 1+1 TV channel.
The FSB has now brought criminal cases against at least seven foreign journalists who have reported from Kursk.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Andrew Osborn)