A Russian journalist who has come under suspicion of espionage in Poland – but who has never been confronted with specific spying accusations by Polish authorities – is being forced to leave Poland.
Leonid Sviridov told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will leave Warsaw on Saturday after running out of legal options for staying on in Poland, where he has worked as a journalist for many years.
The 49-year-old, who writes for RIA Novosti, part of the pro-Kremlin Rossiya Segodnya news service, insists he never acted as an agent for Russia and that he will fight for the …read more
Source: Voice of America
