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Updated 2026-04-30 19:04

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BBC suspends news operations in Russia

"The safety of our staff is paramount and we are not prepared to expose them to the risk of criminal prosecution simply for doing their jobs," BBC Director-General Tim Davie said in a statement.

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BBC statement on the Russian authorities' designation of BBC journalists as 'foreign agents'

The BBC strongly rejects the decision by the Russian authorities to designate Ilya Abishev and Elizaveta Fokht as 'foreign agents'. BBC News Russian journalists have been singled out, following earlier designations of Ilya Barabanov, Anastasia Lotareva, Andrey Kozenko, and Olga Ivshina. BBC News Global Director and Deputy CEO, Jonathan Munro, says: 'It has now become a routine exercise for the Russian authorities to add BBC News Russian journalists to their list of 'foreign agents'.

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