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Russian journalist in Lithuania declared persona non grata
Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:28 pm
Correspondent of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" Galina Sapozhnikov said that Lithuania declared its undesirable person for five years, according to "RIA Novosti".
Sapozhnikov says that on August 26 she was traveling from Tallinn to Vilnius while having a permanent residence permit in Estonia. After the journalist drove away from Vilnius Airport, she was stopped by Border Patrol and presented 'paper seal Airport "to recognize it for five years persona non grata in Lithuania.
According to her, this is a violation of the right to move under the Schengen Agreement. Sapozhnikov said that its "concern the publication in January 1991," in which its position "is different from the national version." She believes that this decision is connected with the professional activity.
The journalist emphasized that have sent appeals to the Russian Union of Journalists, the OSCE, UNESCO, the newspaper sent an appeal to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Sapozhnikov says that on August 26 she was traveling from Tallinn to Vilnius while having a permanent residence permit in Estonia. After the journalist drove away from Vilnius Airport, she was stopped by Border Patrol and presented 'paper seal Airport "to recognize it for five years persona non grata in Lithuania.
According to her, this is a violation of the right to move under the Schengen Agreement. Sapozhnikov said that its "concern the publication in January 1991," in which its position "is different from the national version." She believes that this decision is connected with the professional activity.
The journalist emphasized that have sent appeals to the Russian Union of Journalists, the OSCE, UNESCO, the newspaper sent an appeal to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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