The FSB released Znak.com journalist Ignat Bakin, photographer of the Notebook-Rostov portal and freelancer Gleb Golod from the department after being detained in the border zone in the Rostov region. About it informs Znak.com.
According to the portal, they remained on the territory of the Rostov region, but the border guards detained them on the street in the Kuibyshev district (located near the border with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic). The reason for the detention was the lack of special passes to work in the border zone, but there were no signs that would indicate this zone, Znak.com indicated. The detainees were interrogated for several hours about work, after which they were released, then they left the border area.
Three journalists were detained in the border zone in the Rostov region
The press service of the local border department of the FSB explained that the journalists were detained due to their violation of the border regime, transmitted portal 161.ru. “These persons conducted interviews with local residents about the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, as well as photography,” the FSB explained. An administrative case was opened against the detainees under the article on violation of stay in the border zone (part 1 of article 18.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), the maximum penalty for it is a fine of up to 1 thousand rubles.