(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 17 - Russia's Federal Security Service
(FSB) has opened a criminal proceeding against RAI journalist
Stefania Battistini and operator Simone Traini, Russian news
agency Ria Novosti reported on Saturday.
The pair are accused of "illegally crossing the State border of
the Russian Federation and of filming a video in the territory
of the village of Sudzha, in the region of Kursk", the news
outlet said. (ANSA).
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