Russia: The limits of freedom
In August, the BBC\u2019s Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was expelled from Russia \u2013 a country she\u2019s reported on from the start of Vladimir Putin\u2019s presidency over two decades ago. Now she has been designated a \u2018national security threat\u2019 and barred indefinitely. The move against the BBC comes at a time of unprecedented pressure on critical voices in Russia \u2013 from opposition activists to independent Russian journalists, who are now blacklisted as \u2018agents\u2019 of foreign states. For Assignment, Sarah Rainsford explores what happened to her and what this says about the country she\u2019s been forced to leave.
Producer/presenter: Sarah Rainsford\nProducer: Will Vernon
(Photo: Sarah Rainsford. Credit: Jonathan Ford)