Thursday, August 22, 2024

CNN gains access to Ukrainian-held Russian town



CNN journalist Nick Paton Walsh has been charged with illegally crossing the border into Ukrainian-held territory of the Kursk region of Russia.

Nick Paton Walsh now faces up to five years in prison, if the Russians catch him.

Source: Moscow Times

Russian law enforcement authorities said Thursday that they have filed criminal charges against a CNN reporter and two Ukrainian journalists for illegally crossing the border into Ukrainian-held territory of the Kursk region during a reporting assignment.

“Criminal charges have been filed, and investigations are underway,” a spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told the state-run Interfax news agency.

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