Russia Places Cnn Reporter On Wanted List

Embedded with Ukrainian forces, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh now faces up to five years in prison, if the Russians catch him. Source: Moscow Times Russian law enforcement authorities said Thursday that they have filed criminal charges against a CNN reporter and two Ukrainian journalists for illegally crossing the border into Ukrainian-held territory of the Kursk region during a reporting assignment. “Criminal charges have been filed, and investigations are underway,” a spokesperson for Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told the state-run Interfax news agency. The journalists charged with “illegally crossing the state border of Russia” include CNN reporter Nick Paton Walsh and Ukrainian journalists Olesia Borovyk and Diana Butsko, according to the FSB. If convicted, the charges carry a penalty of up to five years in prison.

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