Claim 415

The BBC's director-general said the safety of staff came first in the decision to suspend Russian news operations.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The BBC's director-general said the safety of staff came first in the decision to suspend Russian news operations.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: BBC suspends Russia operations
About: incident 2022-russia-criminalizes-fake-war-reports
Source: Russia's parliament approves jail for 'fake' war reports
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2022-03-04

Quotation from the source

The safety of our staff is paramount and we are not prepared to expose them to the risk of criminal prosecution