Journalist Xavier Colás has reported that the Kremlin expelled him this Wednesday after the authorities refused to renew his reporter’s visa, an essential document to report from inside the country, as explained by the newspaper ‘El Mundo’, a media outlet in the one who works
The newspaper has reported that the reporter was notified by an official ordering him to leave the country within 24 hours. “If you don’t leave before your visa expires, you will have problems,” said the interlocutor. Colás is already outside Russia after buying a plane ticket to Istanbul.
“After 12 years reporting from Moscow, the Russian authorities have refused to renew my journalist visa at the last minute and I have only had 24 hours to leave the country, leaving too much behind. I do not regret anything,” Colás said in a message. which he published on the social network
Colás, in addition to reporting for ‘El Mundo’ as a correspondent from Russia, also works for other media outlets such as Onda Cero, Telecinco or France 24.
