24 minutes agoMoscow journalist seeks US political asylum
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Russian journalist Pyotr Coroneyev, who once worked for the Base news website with Moscow and his wife, Tatyana Kulikova, have crossed the Mexico- USA. Gaius sought political asylum in the United States. The base reported on July 14th that the couple was initially placed in a immigration detention centre, but Coroneyev later [...]
Gaius sought political asylum in the United States.
The base reported on July 14th that the couple initially settled in a immigration detention centre, but Coroneyev was later released, while his wife remained in custody.
It is not known when the couple crossed the border. According to reports, Coroneyev and Kulikova feared for their safety in Russia because of their public statements opposing Ukraine's continued unprotested invasion of Russia and their support of imprisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
Last month, Russian journalist Yelezeta Kirpanova, who worked for the newspaper, Novaya and her husband, Grigory Manucharov, also crossed the border of Mexico
They sought political asylum in the United States, citing similar reasons.
