Russia opens criminal cases against two more foreign journalists in Kursk region, Interfax says

Russia opens criminal cases against two more foreign journalists in Kursk region, Interfax says

Russia's FSB security service said on Tuesday it had opened a criminal case against two foreign journalists who had illegally crossed the Russian border to report from the Kursk region after a Ukrainian incursion, the Interfax news agency reported.

Citing the FSB, Interfax said the journalists included a reporter for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and a correspondent for Ukraine's 1+1 TV channel.

The FSB has now brought criminal cases against at least seven foreign journalists who have reported from Kursk.

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