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Tourists take photos of the Moscow skyline. A journalist based in the city says he has received anonymous threatening text messages over his reporting. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

Russian journalist warned by anonymous text messages to stop reporting

July 18, 2017 5:34 PM EDT

New York, July 18, 2017–Russian authorities should investigate threatening messages that business reporter Rinat Sagdiyev said he has received, and ensure the journalist’s safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.