A reporter for German radio station Deutsche Welle and a journalist for Ukrainian television 1+1 are accused of “illegally” crossing the Russian border while reporting from the Kursk region.
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Moscow continues its intimidation of foreign journalists. Russian secret services have launched an investigation into a journalist from the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle and a Ukrainian journalist for illegally crossing the border in the Kursk region. According to the FSB, they crossed the border “illegally” from Ukraine.
Nick Connolly and Natalia Nagornaya went to the Kursk region, at the invitation of kyiv, to report on this Russian zone occupied since the beginning of August by the Ukrainian army. Without Russian visas, they crossed the border illegally in the eyes of Moscow and are liable to 5 years in prison.
This is not the first time that Russia has initiated this type of prosecution against foreign journalists. A similar procedure was initiated on August 17 against two Italian reporters from the public channel RAI, then on August 22 against a journalist from the American television channel CNN Nick Paton Walsh and two Ukrainian reporters, Diana Boutsko and Olessia Borovik. The latter had notably carried out reports in the Russian city of Sudja, located about ten kilometers from the Ukrainian border and which kyiv claims to have completely conquered.
In total, seven reporters from international media outlets have been prosecuted for their war reporting. The incriminated news outlets claim to have complied with international law. Nick Collonny had notably interviewed Russian citizens and Ukrainian soldiers as part of his reporting, an action aimed at discrediting the Russian army, according to Moscow.
