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Russia puts some foreign reporters on wanted persons list over illegal border crossing

12 September 2024 21:43 (UTC +04:00)

The Russian Interior Ministry put on a wanted-persons list several reporters from Italian, German and Ukrainian news media, APA reports citing TASS.

They are Stefania Battistini, a reporter for Italy’s RAI television; Nicholas Simon Connolly, a reporter for the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (designated in Russia as a foreign agent media outlet); CNN reporter Nick Paton Walsh; and Ukrainian reporters Natalya Nagornaya, Olesya Borovik and Diana Butsko, according to the ministry’s database.

A database entry for Battistini, for example, says she is wanted for a criminal offense, without naming specific charges. There are similar entries for the other reporters.