Claim 559

Russian authorities moved to close CBC/Radio-Canada's Moscow bureau and cancel its journalists' visas and accreditation.

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

Statement: Russian authorities moved to close CBC/Radio-Canada's Moscow bureau and cancel its journalists' visas and accreditation.
Field: action
Value: CBC bureau closed, May 18, 2022
About: incident 2022-russia-bars-entry-foreign-journalists
Source: 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

close the outlet's Moscow bureau and cancel the visa and accreditations of its journalists