Sarah Rainsford

Affiliated media: BBC , Correspondent

Incident date: August 31, 2021

Attack type:

• Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: BBC

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford announced in her Twitter account that she had left Russia. Rainsford left Russia after the Russian Foreign Ministry refused to renew her work visa and demanded that she leaves Russia by August 31, when her visa documents expire.