WASHINGTON – An 18-member group of nations, including the United States and United Kingdom, has expressed “deep concern” over what it calls the Russian government’s “intensifying harassment of independent journalists and media outlets” in the country.
RFE/RL: US, 17 other nations condemn Russia’s ‘intensifying harassment’ of media, journalists
Police officers detain a journalist who holds a placard which reads "We don't stop being journalists" during a single picquet of solidarity with collegues who were added to the list of "foreign agent" media near the headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow on Aug. 21, 2021.