MOSCOW( REUTERS)-Russia has asked a BBC journalist working in Moscow to leave the country by the

“ Sarah is an exceptional and fearless journalist.... She is a fluent Russian speaker who provides

The designation was the latest twist in a crackdown on media outlets that the authorities in Moscow see as hostile and foreign-backed.... The foreign agent designation has Cold War-era connotations and requires those so labelled to prominently indicate in all their content that they are" foreign agents", something which can hurt advertising revenue.... Zakharov said in the video posted from London on YouTube that he had felt compelled to leave Russia after noticing what he called" unprecedente

Fran Unsworth is set to leave the corporation after having held the position of BBC’s director for

BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford, one of two of the British broadcaster's English-language Moscow

Andrei Zakharov works on projects for the BBC’s Russian-language service, and had been based in the

The designation was the latest twist in a crackdown on media outlets that the authorities in Moscow see as hostile and foreign-backed.... The foreign agent designation has Cold War-era connotations and requires those so labelled to prominently indicate in all their content that they are" foreign agents", something which can hurt advertising revenue.... On Twitter, Zakharov described his departure as" the sad but precise word exile", referring to himself on his profile on the social network as"

the country. Sarah Rainsford, the BBC’s Moscow correspondent since 2014, was said to have been told

The BBC has filed a new complaint to the United Nations( UN) over the online abuse of female

According to sources, the BBC is reportedly set to appoint a journalist who has attacked Brexit