Russia has opened criminal cases against 14 foreign journalists for crossing Kursk border, FSB says

FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her mobile phone in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it has opened criminal cases against 14 foreign journalists since Aug 17 for illegally crossing the border between Ukraine and Russia's Kursk region.

The FSB said in a statement that the latest journalists to be investigated were from France 24 and Switzerland's CH Media.