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Didn't expect to be banned from entering russia again and i definitely didn't expect to be called hostile or as security threat to russia which is still not been explained to me this day and that is the fsb, the successful agency for the fsb, the successful agency for the kgb that says that as a journalist i am somehow a threat to russia and that was a real shock. now steve rosenberg is now essentially trying to cover all of russia and the region on his own. i wonder can the bbc barely cover russia effectively now? i wonder can the bbc barely cover russia effectively now?- russia effectively n...

Worked in other countries before, and i guess hopefully i will be reporting from another one soon. perhaps on russia's role more broadly in the world, but, yeah, i wish it were russia, but... that's not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank— not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you _ not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you so _ not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you so much, - not in my hands any more and. sarah rainsford, thank you so much, and all the best. rainsford, thank you so much, and all the best-— all the best. thank y...

Correspondence there, why do you think the russians expelled you? it's a good question and one that they haven't really given me a straight answer to a themselves. and suddenly they did single me out, and that happened more than a year ago when i started getting short—term visas. they put me on three—month visas. they put me on three—month visas instead of a one—year visa, and eventually got a two month visa which is a clear signal that they didn't like something about me or certainly they had plans for me that didn't involve me staying in russia for a long time, but i think it was whe...

Julie edwards spoke for many when she wrote... now come on the 31st of august, sarah rainsford returned to the uk, seemingly for the last time from moscow where she had been reporting for the bbc for more than 20 years. on that evening's will attend, she looked back on what had led up to her departure. this is the moment i discovered i was being expelled from russia. according to a specific lock, i have been designated a threat to national security, and as such, i am not allowed into the country. at passport control, i was told the fsb security service had banned me for life. i recorded the co...

Is a real sustained and deliberate and focused attack on independent ration journalists. and focused attack on independent rationjournalists. they and focused attack on independent ration journalists. they are getting labelled foreign agents, they are getting links to suppose that western sponsors. getting called the enemies of state inside their own country, so they are up against it, many of them leaving the country, so some of them are still trying to carry on and they are sort of arguing that been called a foreign ancient are being labelled an enemy is somehow a badge, the fact that they a...