# Claim 496

Putin signed a law suspending simplified visa procedures for journalists and other visitors from most European countries.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Putin signed a law suspending simplified visa procedures for journalists and other visitors from most European countries.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: visa procedures suspended
- About: [incident 2022-russia-bars-entry-foreign-journalists](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-russia-bars-entry-foreign-journalists)
- Source: Russia-Ukraine war press freedom watch. https://cpj.org/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-press-freedom-watch/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2022-03-11

## Quotation from the source

> suspending simplified visa procedures for designated categories of people — including journalists — coming to Russia from most European countries

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/496. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.