Russia threatens journalists as America debates the end game in Ukraine
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A Russian spokeswoman claimed Russian journalists operating in the U.S. have been met with harassment, blocked bank accounts and threats to their VISA renewal.
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She told the American correspondents that "Russian journalists in the United States had faced problems with visa renewals, harassment by U.S. intelligence agencies and blocked bank accounts." The story was first reported by Reuters.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said the administration is still issuing visas to qualified Russian journalists, adding: "Threatening professional journalists for simply trying to do their jobs and seeking to seal off Russia’s population from any foreign information illustrates the flimsiness and the fragility of the Russian government’s narrative." But Treasury has slapped sanctions on three media outlets said to be owned or linked to the Russian regime.