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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="60684" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="BBC">BBC</keyword> <keyword id="6356806" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="moscow">Moscow</keyword> correspondent <keyword id="11855900" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sarah-rainsford">Sarah Rainsford</keyword> has reported from <keyword id="6358826" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Russia">Russia</keyword> since 2000.</li><li>Russian state television announced she was "going home."</li><li>The BBC condemned the move as "a direct assault on <keyword id="6354777" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Media">media</keyword> freedom."</li></ul>The long-time Moscow correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation is being kicked out of Russia in apparent retaliation for UK sanctions on officials in the country.The <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> was announced on Russian state television, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/europe/russia-bbc-journalist.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&amp;smtyp=cur=cur">The New York Times reported</a>, with a reporter on the government-run Rossiya-24 linking the decision to the UK having "crossed all red lines in media terms."The BBC reporter, Sarah Rainsford, confirmed the move in a <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahrainsford/status/1426276278563442689">post on Twitter</a>."Being expelled from Russia, a country I've lived in for almost 1/3 of my life - and reported for years - is devastating," she said."In <a href="https://twitter.com/bbcpress/status/1426218574687973383">a statement</a>, BBC Director-General Tim Davie condemned the decision not to extend Rainsford's visa as "a direct assault on media freedom." He urged Russian officials to reconsider.Reporters Without Borders lists Russia as one of the worst countries in terms of <keyword id="949989" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="press-freedom">press freedom</keyword>, <a href="https://rsf.org/en/russia">ranking it 150th</a> out of 180 nations.A spokesperson for Russia's foreign ministry told Reuters that the decision had been explained to BBC officials in recent days, casting it as a response to Britain denying visas to employees of Moscow's state-run media organizations, such as RT and Sputnik.The British government has accused both outlets of playing an "<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48919085">active role in spreading disinformation</a>."Have a news tip? Email this reporter: <a href="mailto:cdavis@insider.com">cdavis@insider.com</a>

Russia expels British journalist Sarah Rainsford, who said the move is 'devastating'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russian troops were caught on camera shooting two Ukrainian <keyword id="13211991" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="civilians" source="Orion">civilians</keyword> in the back, the BBC reported.</li><li>The security footage obtained by the BBC shows two soldiers open fire on unarmed security guards.</li></ul>Russian troops were caught on security footage shooting two Ukrainian civilians in the back, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61425025">the BBC reported</a> Thursday. In CCTV video obtained by the BBC, a group of Russian soldiers can be seen approaching the gate of a building along a Kyiv highway. An unarmed Ukrainian security guard, <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahrainsford/status/1524683365852528640?s=20&amp;t=a-vJTP6V0e5XE5hgVwtnmA">identified by the BBC reporter Sarah Rainsford</a> as Leonid Pliats, then approaches the gate, apparently striking up a conversation with the Russians and smoking cigarettes with them. The video shows Russian troops then leaving the area, only for two of them to suddenly turn back and approach the gate again, while raising their guns. The <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyprod77/status/1524679727415447557">BBC producer Tony Brown reported</a> that the troops then shot Pliats and his boss "in their backs."The BBC reported that Pliats' boss was immediately killed in the shooting but that Pliats was able to limp back to an office to hide and call for help.Two Ukrainian volunteer firefighters eventually arrived and tried to save Pliats, but he died from his wounds, the BBC reported. The firefighters, identified as Sasha and Kostya, told the BBC that they had to wait out the Russians before they could reach Pliats.In additional footage, the Russian troops can be seen inside the building shooting into rooms and looking through cupboards. One of the Russians can be seen helping himself to a drink in one of the offices — unaware that he's being filmed until another notices the camera and hits it with the butt of his rifle.The Russians were also seen on CCTV footage driving an apparently stolen van, painted with a "V" symbol — used by some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces — and "Russian Tank Special Forces."Pliats daughter, Yulia Androshchuk, told the BBC that her father "was not a military man at all.""They killed a 65-year-old. What for?" she said. "I'm not so much furious as full of grief — and fear. These damn Russians are so out of control, I'm afraid of what they might do next."The <a href="https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml">United Nations has said</a> it is a <keyword id="11904994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="war" source="Orion">war</keyword> crime for troops to intentionally attack civilians during a war.Since the early days of <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword>'s unprovoked war against <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the West have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-accuses-russia-war-crimes-attacks-on-civilians-ukraine-2022-3">accused Putin's forces of committing war crimes</a> and crimes against humanity.<keyword id="6356001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="international" source="Orion">International</keyword> organizations — including the European Union and International Criminal Court — have said they will <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-sends-war-crimes-experts-to-help-ukrainian-government-2022-4">investigate whether war crimes</a> have been committed by Russian forces.Ukrainian officials said they had documented <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukrainian-official-at-least-5600-alleged-war-crimes-cases-2022-4">thousands of war crimes</a> and identified hundreds of suspects. The exact number of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian forces is unknown, though Zelenskyy previously <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/zelenskyy-says-mariupol-death-toll-likely-higher-russia-war-ukraine-2022-4">estimated</a> that there could be tens of thousands dead.

Security footage shows Russian troops shooting 2 Ukrainian civilians in the back, the BBC reports

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The first <keyword id="13984634" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="war-crimes-trial" source="Orion">war crimes trial</keyword> over the invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> involves a Russian tank commander.</li><li>Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian civilian.</li></ul>A Russian tank commander accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian civilian asked the victim's widow for forgiveness during a hearing on Thursday in the first <keyword id="12354157" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="war-crimes" source="Orion">war crimes</keyword> trial to emerge from the Ukraine conflict.The 21-year-old soldier, Vadim Shishimarin, was confronted by the widow, Kateryna Shelipova, at the hearing in Kyiv. She asked if he had repented of his crime, per <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61511640">the BBC.</a>"I acknowledge my blame," Shishimarin said, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-soldier-asks-forgiveness-ukraine-war-crimes-trial-2022-05-19/">per Reuters</a>. "I ask you to forgive me," he added, according to the outlet."But I understand you won't be able to forgive me," he said, per the BBC.Shelipova told the court that she believed Shishimarin should either be released back to <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, or be sentenced to life in prison. Russia captured several hundred Ukrainian soldiers defending Mariupol this week, registering them as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-kyiv-nato-4cf194da8b1870d26cbedc0a7ec69ed6">prisoners of war.</a>The Ukrainian widow told the BBC's Sarah Rainsford that while she felt sorry for Shishimarin, she couldn't forgive him for killing her husband. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-solider-pleads-guilty-to-killing-civilian-in-ukraine-trial-2022-5">Shishimarin pleaded guilty</a> to the killing on Wednesday."Tell me please, why did you [Russians] come here? To protect us?" Shelipova asked Shishimarin, per the BBC. "Protect us from whom? Did you protect me from my husband, whom you killed?"The Russian soldier did not respond, according to the BBC.Shelipova recounted how she was drawing water from a well in the village of Chupakhivka on the morning of February 28 when she heard a gunshot, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220519-life-sentence-requested-for-russian-soldier-in-kyiv-war-crimes-trial">per Agence France-Presse</a>.She later saw a young man with a rifle sitting in a car, per AFP. "I remember him well," she said, referring to Shishimarin, the outlet reported.Five minutes later, she found her husband, Oleksandr. "He was dead with a shot in his head. I started screaming very loudly," she told the court, per AFP.Shishimarin said at the hearing that as the Russian army retreated from the region, he and several other soldiers had hijacked a Volkswagen car to catch up with the rest of their forces, per AFP.While they drove, they spotted a man who said he would "give them up," prompting another soldier to tell Shishimarin to shoot him, the tank commander said, according to AFP."He said I would be putting us in danger if I didn't. I shot him at short range. It killed him," Shishimarin said, per the outlet.According to Shishimarin, the other soldier was not his commander, Reuters reported. When asked if he had been obliged to follow an order that amounted to a war crime, Shishimarin said he was not, per the outlet.

'I ask you to forgive me,' Russian tank commander says to Ukrainian widow in the first war crimes trial following Moscow's invasion

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Russians held gold toilet brushes while protesting the jailing of opposition leader <keyword id="950302" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alexei-Navalny">Alexei Navalny</keyword>.</li><li>Navalny's foundation recently claimed that Putin built a secret palace that had a $824 toilet brush.</li><li>Thousands have been arrested across <keyword id="6358826" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Russia">Russia</keyword> while protesting Navalny's arrest.</li></ul>Protesters in Russia are using golden toilet brushes to mock President <keyword id="43440" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vladimir-Putin">Vladimir Putin</keyword> as they demonstrate in support of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Mass protests have taken place across Russia since Navalny was arrested upon his arrival to Moscow in mid-January and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-jailed-upon-return-russia-after-assassination-attempt-2021-1">sentenced to jail shortly after</a>.The demonstrations, where <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/russians-join-protests-against-jailing-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-despite-crackdown-idUSKBN2A0039?edition-redirect=uk">thousands of people have been arrested</a>, included people holding toilet brushes after <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-video-accuses-putin-coastal-palace-corruption-2021-1">Navalny made explosive claims about Putin's wealth</a>.In a documentary released by Navalny's foundation after his detention, the activist claimed Putin had secretly built a coastal palace that contained a $824 toilet brush.<a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/toilet-brushes-and-blue-pants-symbols-of-russias-protests">Agence France-Presse reported</a> that some protesters had been bringing brushes to rallies.And Sarah Rainsford, the BBC's Moscow correspondent, tweeted on Sunday that some members of a protest crowd were holding brushes that had been painted gold.<a href="https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20210126-russia-alexei-navalny-trial-protests-tiktok-parody-videos">France24 reported</a> that one protester spray-painted a brush gold before demonstrating at Tomsk University on January 23.His TikTok about the brush, which showed him painting it gold and then holding it at a rally, got 180,000 likes, France24 reported.Photos from demonstrations in Russia also show protesters holding toilet brushes - some regular, some painted gold:<div type="image" title="Navalny protest" height="1417" width="2000" msid="80632388" hostid="261"></div><div type="image" title="Navalny protest" height="1333" width="2000" msid="80632389" hostid="261"></div>Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, or FBK, released a <a href="https://youtu.be/ipAnwilMncI">nearly two-hour video</a> two weeks ago that showed Navalny describing an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-video-accuses-putin-coastal-palace-corruption-2021-1">allegedly secret palace that Putin had built</a> near Gelendzhik on the Black Sea.It said that the palace included a toilet brush that cost around $824.The FBK said the palace cost the equivalent of around $1.3 billion, funded through a corruption scheme where Putin allies paid him for access and influence.The FBK said the description was based on interviews with contractors, blueprints, and publicly accessible documents. It claimed the palace has features like a wine cave, an "aquadisco," and an ice-hockey rink.The Kremlin said the report was "pure nonsense."Navalny was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-critic-alexei-navalny-detained-upon-returning-to-russia-2021-1">arrested</a> and detained upon arrival in Russia on January 17, when he returned for the first time since he was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navalny-dupes-russian-agent-into-spilling-details-of-his-poisoning-2020-12">poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent in August</a>. He was sent to a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-prison-conditions-sailors-silence-2021-1">prison named "Sailor's Silence,"</a> where political prisoners have been jailed.Navalny has accused Putin of ordering the poisoning. Navalny is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/russians-join-protests-against-jailing-of-kremlin-critic-navalny-despite-crackdown-idUSKBN2A0039?edition-redirect=uk">due to appear in court on Tuesday</a>, where he could be sentenced to three and a half years in jail.Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, was among the thousands detained in the protests across Russia - the largest to take place in the country in years.

Protesters in Russia trolled Putin with golden toilet brushes, mocking the extravagant wealth he is accused of hiding by jailed foe Alexei Navalny

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6358826" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Russia">Russia</keyword> recalled its ambassador to Washington, DC, for urgent talks about US-Russia relations.</li><li>Biden has taken a tough line on Russia, angering it by assessing Putin as a "killer" in an interview.</li><li>The US has sanctioned Russia over its treatment of Alexei Navalny and its election interference.</li></ul>Russia recalled its US ambassador from Washington, DC, after President <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> said in a TV interview that he believed President <keyword id="43440" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vladimir-Putin">Vladimir Putin</keyword> was a "killer."Asking an ambassador to leave is a diplomatic snub meant to express annoyance with the host country.A <a href="https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4640791">statement on Wednesday</a> from Russia's foreign ministry did not explicitly refer to Biden or his comments but said the ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, was coming back to prevent "an irreversible deterioration in relations."In an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-promises-putin-will-pay-price-2020-election-meddling-2021-3">interview that aired Wednesday</a>, Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that he agreed Putin is a "killer" and that Russia would "pay a price" for attempting to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cybersecurity-cold-war-us-russian-china-solarwinds-microsoft-2021-3">meddle</a> in the 2020 US election. He also described Putin as having no soul.Russia is expected to release a formal reaction to Biden's interview on Thursday, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-reaction/russia-wants-an-apology-from-u-s-after-biden-called-putin-a-killer-says-kremlin-ally-idUSKBN2BA0S1?il=0">Reuters reported</a>.A <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/odni-2020-election-interference-report-2021-3">report from the National Intelligence Council</a> published on Tuesday found that Russia had attempted to push "misleading and unsubstantiated" lines about Biden to close associates of President Donald Trump.The report also said that Russia "laundered" anti-Biden and conspiratorial narratives <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-media-pushed-russian-election-disinformation-nic-report-2021-3">through some elements of US media</a>.Soon after the ABC News interview, Russia took the highly unusual step of removing Antonov for what its foreign ministry's statement described as "consultations in order to analyse what needs to be done in the context of relations with the United States."Biden's interview went down badly in Moscow. Artur Chilingarov, a pro-Putin lawmaker, called for a "tough reaction," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-reaction/putin-says-it-takes-one-to-know-one-after-u-s-presidents-killer-remark-idUSKBN2BA0S1">Reuters reported</a>, while Dmitry Peskov, Putin's press secretary, called it a "very bad comment."Konstantin Kosachev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Parliament's upper house, demanded an apology from Biden, Reuters reported.Meanwhile, Western nations have condemned Russia's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexei-navalny-jailed-upon-return-russia-after-assassination-attempt-2021-1">imprisonment of the dissident Alexei Navalny</a> in January. The US intelligence community has said it has "high confidence" that Russia was behind the politician's poisoning last year. The US has <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/03/02/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-march-2-2021/">called on Russia to release him</a>, and it <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-hits-russia-with-sanctions-over-navalny-poisoning-2021-3">imposed sanctions</a> earlier this month.Asked about Russia's diplomatic snub on Wednesday, Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/03/17/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-secretary-of-education-miguel-cardona-march-17-2021/">said</a> the Biden administration would "take a different approach in our relationship to Russia than the prior administration," a reference to Trump's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-unrequited-love-for-vladimir-putin-2018-7">largely uncritical stance</a> on Putin."We are going to be straightforward," Psaki said, "and we are going to be direct in areas where we have concerns."

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