i was then told my visa wouldn t be renewed supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, but that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal they talked about it as a reciprocal move but they refused to even engage with the fact that i ve been labelled a national security threat . they said that was just a technical moment . but, at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all all around, it really feels like i ve now enemies all around, it really feels like i ve now been added to the list. it s happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don t toe the kremlin line is intensifying. dozhd tv has just been added to a growing blacklist of media labelled foreign agents for getting funds from abroad. this terror of foreign agents means that we dozhd we are enemies of the state. the pretending of being democracy is over.
engage with the fact that i ve been labelled a national security threat . they said that was just a technical moment . but, at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around, it really feels like i ve now been added to the list. it s happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don t toe the kremlin line is intensifying. dozhd tv has just been added to a growing blacklist of media labelled foreign agents for getting funds from abroad. this terror of foreign agents means that we dozhd we are enemies of the state. the pretending of being democracy is over. it is very bad, and it could become much worse any time. so i m leaving a country i first came to as the soviet union fell apart. when free speech orfreedoms were new and precious. it feels like today s russia is moving in reverse. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.
became the news. state television announced i had to leave. after tense negotiations i had been allowed to enter russia. they let me in, for now. but only to pack. i was then towed my visa wouldn t be renewed. supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, but that was two years ago. i was called in here to the foreign ministry and they kept insisting my expulsion was nothing personal. they talked about it as a reciprocal move but refused to even engage with the fact i had been labelled a national security threat. they said that was just a technical moment. but at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around it really feels i have now been added to the list. it is happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don t toe the kremlin line is intensifying. one network has been added to a growing black list of media labelled foreign agents were getting funds
security threat . they said that was just a technical moment. but at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around, it really feels like i ve now been added to the list. it s happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don t toe the kremlin line is intensifying. dozhd tv has just been added to a growing blacklist of media labelled foreign agents for getting funds from abroad. this terror of foreign agents means that we dozhd we are enemies of the state. the pretending of being democracy is over. it is very bad, and it could become much worse any time. so i m leaving a country i first came to as the soviet union fell apart. when free speech orfreedoms were new and precious. it feels like today s russia is moving in reverse. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.
allowed to enter russia. they d let me in. for now. ..but only to pack. i was then told my visa wouldn t be renewed supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, though that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal they talked about it as a reciprocal move but they refused to even engage with the fact that i ve been labelled a national security threat . they said that was just a technical moment. but at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all around, it really feels like i ve now been added to the list. it s happening as the pressure on russian journalists who don t toe the kremlin line is intensifying. dozhd tv has just been added to a growing blacklist of media labelled foreign agents for getting funds from abroad. this terror of foreign agents means that we dozhd we are enemies of the state. the pretending of being