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A Ukrainian serviceman on August 16 patrols a street in the town of Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region, where Italian journalists Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini were shown in a report. (Photo: Reuters/Yan Dobronosov)

Italian journalists Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini arrested in absentia over Russia war report

Berlin, October 8, 2024—Russian authorities should immediately cancel the arrest warrants issued in absentia for Italian journalists Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini, charged with illegal border crossing following their August 14 report on the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. “The arrest warrants for Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini are a clear attempt to intimidate and…

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