Censorship in Russia: British journalist denied entry
According to the newspaper, Russian authorities have denied re-entry to The Guardian's Russia correspondent following a critical report that cited disclosures from the whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks.
The British reporter had used dispatches published by Wikileaks and reported on allegations that Russia had effectively become a "mafia state" under the rule of Vladimir Putin. On Monday, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger explained that the correspondent had been in London for two months to write about the contents of the Wikileaks dispatches. When he wanted to return to Moscow at the weekend, the Russian authorities refused him entry. Without an explanation, the journalist was immediately put on a plane back to the UK, said Rusbridger. According to the paper, he was arrested in Ingushetia in April last year after visiting the Caucasus region.
