Russia’s main internal security agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), said in a statement that it had “initiated and is investigating criminal cases” against Paton Walsh and two Ukrainian journalists.
It accused them of having “illegally crossed the State Border of the Russian Federation and filmed in the area ofthe Sudzha settlement in the Kursk Region.”
“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.”
The FSB said that the journalists would be placed on an “international wanted list.” It is not clear to which list the FSB referred.