Catherine Norris Trent is accused of illegally entering the country alongside Ukrainian military forces
A court in Russia’s Kursk Region has arrested Catherine Norris Trent, a reporter with France 24 network, in absentia, citing her illegal entry into the country during the ongoing Ukrainian incursion.
Russian investigators have established that “Catherine Norris Trent, along with other unidentified individuals, acting as part of an organized group, illegally crossed the Russian state border,” the court said in a statement on Tuesday. The reporter was traveling in a vehicle belonging to the Ukrainian military and headed to the Sudzha district of Kursk Region, the court noted.
She will be placed under arrest as soon as she is found by Russian law enforcement or extradited into the country by a third party. Illegal entry into Russia is punishable by up to five years behind bars.
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