The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian Ambassador to Moscow, Cecilia Piccioni, to complain about a report by a correspondent of the Italian TV channel Rai 1 from the city of Sudzha, Kursk region.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the journalists entered the Russian territory illegally. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was notedthat journalists are at risk of criminal charges, but under a specific article they did not specify.
Telegram channel Baza earlier on Friday reportedthat the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia intends to initiate a criminal case under the article on illegal crossing of the state border.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also accused the film crew of violating “journalistic ethics” and “supporting propaganda whitewashing the crimes of the Kyiv regime.” ”
The Italian response is not reported.
Rai TV Channel Launched report from Sudzha on August 14. Journalist Stephanie Battistini said she arrived in the Kursk region with the Ukrainian military. The journalist spoke to local residents who had not evacuated the town.
On Friday, August 16, ur report CNN aired it too. Journalist Nick Walsh was on the Ukrainian side, on the border with Russia. He showed in the story a border checkpoint and Ukrainian equipment entering Russian territory freely. Walsh did not cross the border.
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