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Russia opens criminal investigation into CNN correspondent for reporting in Ukrainian-occupied territory
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Nick Paton Walsh, a British journalist and CNN's Chief International Security Correspondent, was escorted by Russian military while reporting on Ukraine's cross-border incursion and occupation. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Walsh of illegally crossing the Russian border and filming in the Sudzha settlement area. This incident occurred after CNN broadcast a report from the Russian border town of Sudzha on August 16. Additionally, the FSB has brought a case against two Italian journalists and further cases are under consideration, including one against reporters from The Washington Post.
Throughout this conflict our team has delivered factual, impartial reporting covering both the Ukrainian and Russian perspectives on the war.
Our team was invited by the Ukrainian government, along with other international journalists, and escorted by the Ukrainian military to view territory it had recently occupied. This is protected activity in accordance with the rights afforded to journalists under the Geneva Convention and international law.
