Russia's Foreign Ministry says Spanish reporter denied a visa was invited to stay

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it issued the necessary documents for a Spanish journalist to stay in the country although the reporter claims he was forced to leave because his visa was not renewed. Xavier Colas of the newspaper El Mundo is the latest foreign journalist to have left Russia after visas were not continued.

FILE - A front page of the El Mundo newspaper is displayed at the press stand in Madrid, Thursday Oct. 14, 2010. The cases come amid a crackdown on media that has intensified since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it issued the necessary documents for a Spanish journalist to stay in the country although the reporter claims he was forced to leave because his visa was not renewed.

In a statement to The Associated Press on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said Colas collected his official accreditation and “a package of documents to extend his stay in our country.” Although the ministry issues invitations to remain in the country, the actual visa is issued by the Interior Ministry.

According to El Mundo, Colas had been visited by police officers who warned him to stop covering demonstrations by women whose loved ones serve in the Russian military, one of the few visible signs of public discontent with the war.

 

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