CBC closes Beijing bureau after Chinese government refuses journalist visa
CBC/Radio-Canada closed its Beijing bureau after the Chinese government refused to provide a journalist visa for the broadcaster’s new China correspondent.
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Russia bans more Canadian media workers from the country, following prior sanctions
Media workers were among 62 Canadians sanctioned by the Russian government and banned indefinitely from entering the country.
Russia closes CBC’s Moscow bureau and cancels journalists’ visas
Russia’s foreign ministry announced it would close CBC/Radio-Canada’s Moscow bureau and cancel its reporters’ visas.
Russia bans Canadian journalists from the country
Journalists were among 61 Canadians sanctioned by the Russian government and banned indefinitely from entering the country.
Russian ‘fake news’ law forces international media organizations to stop reporting
Media organizations including the CBC, BBC, CNN and Bloomberg were forced to pause reporting in Russia after a new law threatened to jail anyone publishing what the government described as “false information” about the war in Ukraine.