Russia has expelled a Dutch newspaper reported for what it called “administrative violations”.
The incident is Moscow’s second move against a member of the Western media in three months.
Russian authorities revoked Volkskrant correspondent Tom Vennink’s visa and barred him from returning until January 2025, the newspaper said.
Thus, the Russian authorities gave Vennink three days to leave the country.
“So, I packed my bags and left Russia yesterday,” Vennink told Reuters in an interview. “I don’t see a reason why the Russian authorities would personally target me, or target my newspaper.”
However, officials at the Kremlin and Russian foreign ministry refused to comment on the incident.
In August, Russia has asked a BBC journalist working in Moscow to leave the country by the end of this month.
Sarah Rainsford, one of the BBC’s Moscow correspondents, would be going home.
The BBC considered the decision as a de facto expulsion and “a landmark deportation”.
The decision came in retaliation for what it called London’s discrimination against Russian journalists working in Britain.
Russia’s state TV says the move came a response to London’s refusal to renew or issue visas to Russian journalists in Britain.
“Sarah Rainsford is going home. According to our experts, this correspondent of Moscow’s BBC bureau will not have her visa extended because Britain, in the media sphere, has crossed all our red lines,” Rossiya-24 said.
“The expulsion of Sarah Rainsford is our symmetrical response,” it further said.
