Russia expels British journalist

A British journalist from The Guardian newspaper has been expelled from Russia.

Izvor: RFE/RL

Tuesday, 08.02.2011.

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A British journalist from The Guardian newspaper has been expelled from Russia. He was refused entry after reporting claims in U.S. diplomatic cables that the country had become a "mafia state", says RFE/RL. Russia expels British journalist The Guardian said today that Luke Harding, the daily's Moscow correspondent, was refused entry to Russia as he returned from London over the weekend. The paper said Harding was sent back to Britain on the next available plane. He was given no specific reason for the decision, the paper said. Harding had flown back to Moscow after two months in London reporting on the contents of the U.S. cables, given to his paper by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. Harding's expulsion follows his reporting in December on assessments of modern Russia from the U.S. cables, which listed a string of damaging allegations about the links between top officials, oligarchs, and organized crime.

Russia expels British journalist

The Guardian said today that Luke Harding, the daily's Moscow correspondent, was refused entry to Russia as he returned from London over the weekend.

The paper said Harding was sent back to Britain on the next available plane. He was given no specific reason for the decision, the paper said.

Harding had flown back to Moscow after two months in London reporting on the contents of the U.S. cables, given to his paper by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

Harding's expulsion follows his reporting in December on assessments of modern Russia from the U.S. cables, which listed a string of damaging allegations about the links between top officials, oligarchs, and organized crime.

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