Anna-Lena Laurén

Affiliated media: Hufvudstadsbladet, Dagens Nyheter , Journalist (Finland)

Incident date: August 15, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

On Tuesday, August 15, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had not renewed the accreditation of its Moscow correspondent, Laurén, also a reporter for Finland’s Swedish-language newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL), who had worked in Russia for 16 years. Russia tightened visa and accreditation rules for foreign correspondents after its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with renewals required every three months, rather than once a year as previously. Both a visa and media accreditation are required for reporters to work legally in Russia.