# 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](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

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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/559. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.