Criminal cases have been opened for illegally crossing the state border in the Kursk region by three journalists, citizens of the United States and Romania. This was reported by the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia.
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has initiated and is investigating criminal cases under Part 3 of Art. 322 of the Criminal Code of Russia (illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation) in relation to American citizens (correspondents of the Australian television channel ABC young fletcher AND Catherine Diss), as well as a Romanian citizen (journalist for the Romanian news site “HotNews” Parbu Mircea), illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region”, – indicated in the FSB.
The intelligence service clarified that “in total, since August 17, 2024, criminal cases have been initiated against twelve foreign journalists for the illegal acts in question.”
The department added that part 3 of article 322 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation by a group of persons through prior conspiracy or by an organized group or with the use of violence or threat of its use), for which criminal cases have been initiated, provides for up to five years in prison.
