Russian government accuses ‘The Times’ journalist of immigration violation

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs

Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs requested that the British newspaper The Times explain why one of its journalists, Janice Turner, entered Russia using a tourist visa. Turner published a column that criticized the culture of Russia’s capital on February 14.

On Facebook, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wrote that Turner did not apply for a journalist’s visa and the accreditation required to work as a journalist in Russia. The Ministry accused the British journalist of deluding Russian immigration officials and violating Russian laws.

The incident involving Turner follows a months-long effort on the part of the Russian government’s censorship agency to investigate an international branch of the BBC. The agency acknowledged that its investigation of BBC World News was a response to a British media regulator’s accusation that the Russian state-owned channel RT violated British media rules.

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Russian government accuses ‘The Times’ journalist of immigration violation

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