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Journalists deemed ‘legitimate military targets’ as Russia muzzles criticism abroad

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Dmitry Medvedev has declared that the editors of the Times newspaper in the UK are now “legitimate military targets” He was responding to the newspaper's coverage of the assassination of Russia ’s chemical weapons chief, Igor Kirillov , in Moscow on December 17 .

The assassination came a day after he had been charged by Ukraine in absentia with war crimes over Russia 's use of chemical weapons in the ongoing war.

The comments are part of an escalation in Russian attacks on freedom of expression and the press.

Putin insinuated that the very fact this US journalist was included in the event showed a better treatment by Russia of esteemed’ international journalists than Russian journalists receive from the US .

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months on trumped-up espionage charges.

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