Report: Russia investigates German journalist over Zelensky question

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2026-08-16

Moscow (dpa) - Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against a German journalist over a question he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference about the killing of Russian soldiers, a state news agency reported on Sunday. The correspondent for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) is being investigated on suspicion of inciting hatred and hostility, the TASS news agency reported. Authorities ar......

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