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Two Italian journalists from the RAI news agency will return to Italy for safety reasons after Russia threatened to prosecute them for entering the country to report on Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk Oblast, RAI Managing Director Roberto Sergio said on Aug. 17. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Aug. 16 summoned the Italian ambassador regarding the news team, accusing them of “illegally” crossing the border into Kursk Oblast and promising to press criminal charges against the journalists. “The company has decided, exclusively to ensure safety and personal protection, to return, temporarily to Italy, j…

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