Italian, US, Ukrainian reporters on Russian Wanted List for illegally crossing border into Kursk
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In the cover image the Italian reporter Stefania Battistini during her reportage on Russian Kursk region alongside her close friends Ukrainian soldiers
Reporters who illegally crossed Russian border to be placed on international wanted list
The journalists who illegally crossed the Russian border in the Kursk Region near Sudzha will be placed on the international wanted list, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Public Relations Center said.
Criminal charges have been filed against Italian journalists Simone Traini and Stefania Battistini, CNN reporter Nick Paton Walsh and Ukrainian correspondents Olesya Borovik and Diana Butsko under Article 322, Part 3 of Russia’s Criminal Code for illegally crossing the state border of the Russian Federation. “In the near future, they will be placed on the international wanted list,” the press service noted.
“This article of the Russian Criminal Code carries a punishment of incarceration of up to five years,” the FSB said.
FSB files charges against US, Ukrainian reporters for illegally crossing border into Kursk
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case after a CNN reporter and two Ukrainian journalists illegally crossed the border near Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Region, the FSB Public Relations Center said.
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“The Federal Security Service has opened and is investigating criminal cases under Article 322, Part 3 of Russia’s Criminal Code with regard to US journalist Nick Paton Walsh and Ukrainian correspondents Olesya Nikolayevna Borovik and Diana Vladimirovna Butsko who illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation and filmed videos in the vicinity of the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region,” the press service said.
The FSB reiterated that earlier, similar charges had been brought against Italian journalists Simone Traini and Stefania Battistini for illegally crossing the Russian border in the Kursk Region.
“This article of the Russian Criminal Code carries a punishment of incarceration of up to five years,” the FSB said.
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