Kremlin complains at treatment of Russian press covering US election

30/10/2024 18:56

        The Kremlin complained on Wednesday about what it called "unacceptable" treatment of a team of Russian journalists who travelled to the United States to cover next week's presidential election.
        
        Russian media said the journalists from the Izvestia news organisation were questioned for 10 hours and one of them had his visa cancelled and was expelled.
        
        No immediate comment was available from U.S. authorities.
        
        Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would seek more detailed information on the incident.
        
        "But such an attitude towards journalists, of course, does not paint the U.S. authorities in a good light, especially after (the journalists) completed all the formalities and procedures and obtained all the permissions to enter," he said.
        
        Peskov added that the U.S. behaviour "contradicts, probably, the principles of freedom of the media. And of course, for us, this is unacceptable."