Diana Butsko

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CPJ urges Russia to drop charges against journalists accused of ‘illegal’ border crossing

Berlin, October 3, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Russian authorities to stop harassing international reporters after the Federal Security Service (FSB) filed criminal charges against three journalists on September 27 for allegedly crossing the Russian border illegally from Ukraine. The criminal cases have been initiated against Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Europe correspondent Kathryn…

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Russian authorities have opened probes into seven foreign journalists accompanying Ukrainian forces in the western town of Sudzha, seen here, in Russia’s Kursk region, on August 16, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Yan Dobronosov)

Russia retaliates against foreign journalists covering Ukraine advance into Kursk

Berlin, August 29, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Russia’s recent launch of a spate of criminal investigations into foreign journalists reporting on the Ukrainian army’s advance into Russia’s Kursk region. Since the Ukrainian army started its incursion on August 6, Russian authorities have opened probes into seven foreign journalists accompanying Ukrainian forces to report on the conflict in the western town of…

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