Kurt Pelda
Kurt Pelda, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Crossing the border of the Russian Federation without proper documents (those not allowed to…); “The case of foreign journalists”. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Journalists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Crossing the border of the Russian Federation without proper documents (those not allowed to knowingly enter, or by a group of individuals).
Latest event
October 1, 2024 — persecution begins
The case of foreign journalists
Criminal case
The case of foreign journalists
Other defendants in the case
- Mircea Barbu — Not in Russia
- Stefania Battistini — Not in Russia
- Olesya Borovik — Not in Russia
- Diana Butsko — Not in Russia
- Catherine Dees — Not in Russia
- Nicholas Simon Connolly (Nick Connolly) — Location unknown
- Natalia Nagornaya — Not in Russia
- Caolan Robertson — Not in Russia
- Alberto Rojas — Not in Russia
- Jerome Starkey — Location unknown
- Simone Traini — Not in Russia
- Catherine Norris Trent — Location unknown
- Nick Peyton Walsh — Not in Russia
- Fletcher Young — Not in Russia
Thematic group: The case of foreign journalists
Details and sources
Full summary
A correspondent of the Swiss media company CH Media. On 7 October 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against him for illegally crossing the border because of his reporting from the areas of Kursk Oblast seized by the Ukrainian army.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
Other people prosecuted under Article 322 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.