Court issues an arrest warrant for France 24 journalist Catherine Norris Trent, accusing her of “illegally entering” Kursk while reporting on Ukraine’s summer incursion.

Journalist Nika Novak was sentenced to 4 years in a penal colony under the vague charge of “collaborating with a foreign organization.”

Russian drones targeted Hromadske journalists Ksyusha Savoskina and Oleksiy Nikulin. Their car, carrying filming equipment, was destroyed in an explosion. Forced to walk 3km under drone threats, they narrowly escaped injury.

Attack comes after Russian authorities initiated an administrative case against Larina in July, accusing her of failing to label her content with the "foreign agent" tag.

On November 21, 2024, Muslimova disappeared after informing her niece she was heading to visit her mother. Witnesses later reported seeing her forced into a vehicle by FSB agents.

Women Press Freedom condemns the recent court ruling against former Meduza journalist Margarita Liutova, who was fined 5,000 rubles ($50) for participating in the activities of an “undesirable organization.”

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling in Kobaliya and Others v. Russia confirms what we've long known: Russia's "foreign agent" law is arbitrary and a tool for silencing dissent.

Women Press Freedom is devastated by news of Victoria's passing. She should never have been behind bars in the first place. We demand accountability from Russian authorities. Her family and loved ones deserve justice.

Court issues warrants for RAI journalists' arrest following their coverage of Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk. Earlier, the Italian reporters, who are no longer in Russia, were charged with illegal border crossing and placed on the Kremlin's wanted list.

Women Press Freedom strongly denounces Russia's flagrant violations against journalists, as demonstrated by the latest unjust persecution of Catherine Norris Trent.

WPF strongly denounces bogus terror convictions, demands end to Kremlin's transnational repression of exiled journalists.

These charges, part of a broader crackdown on international journalists, aim to intimidate the press and restrict coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Women Press Freedom condemns the continued harassment of the jailed journalist, demands all bogus charges against her are dropped and she is immediately freed.

Women Press Freedom condemns the continued targeting of war correspondents covering Ukrainian Armed Forces incursion in Kursk.

Women Press Freedom condemns Russia's continued harassment of exiled journalists with draconian "foreign agent" legislation.

Zhanna Nemtsova was spied on by Pablo González for Russian intelligence. Arrested in Poland for espionage in 2022, González was recently freed in a prisoner swap and welcomed by Putin himself.

Authorities label Galina Timchenko, founder of independent news site Meduza, as a “foreign agent,” accusing her of opposing Russia’s military actions in Ukraine and spreading "inaccurate information."

The Kremlin bans 92 US citizens from entering the country, including 24 journalists. Russian Foreign Ministry cites the "Russophobic course" of the Biden administration as the reason for these sanctions.

State security (FSB) opens two more criminal cases against foreign journalists, Natalya Nahorna of 1+1 and Niklas Connolly of Deutsche Welle, for reporting from Ukrainian-controlled Sudzha. They join five other reporters bogusly charged with illegal border crossing after covering Ukrainian military incursion into Russia.

Polish journalist Monika Andruszewska was injured in a Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk’s Hotel Sapphire, which killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and injured 2 other journalists.