Swiss foreign ministry denounces Russian embassy statement
www.swissinfo.ch
The foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Thursday to complain about “unacceptable” threats towards a Swiss journalist.

The Swiss government was responding to a statement by the Russian embassy regarding the work of a Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) journalist covering the war in Ukraine. In Russia, wrote the embassy, the journalist’s coverage was liable to land him a financial penalty, a prison term, or a period of forced labour.

  • maynarkh@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    In Russia, wrote the embassy, the journalist’s coverage was liable to land him a financial penalty, a prison term, or a period of forced labour.

    In Russia holding an empty sign or being the wrong ethnicity, or just the wrong place at the wrong time can get you that.