The passports of the family of the head of the Rossiya Segodnya office in Germany were confiscated.

In Berlin, police officers entered the apartment of Sergei Feoktistov, HEAD of Rossiya Segodnya in Germany, and confiscated the passports of his wife and seven-year-old daughter, RIA Novosti reports.

He told the agency that German law enforcement agencies did this under the pretext that his family members "could allegedly abscond and fail to comply with orders to leave Germany by August 19." He also recalled that in similar cases involving other Russian journalists, their passports were not confiscated.

The publication states that Feoktistov himself was not allowed to leave a flight at Berlin airport on June 6, despite the fact that German authorities also ordered him to leave Germany by August 19.

In November 2024 , Berlin authorities refused to extend the residence permits of three employees of Russian media outlets and one Russian citizen associated with the Rossiya Segodnya media group.

The Berlin Migration Authority cited RT's dissemination of "disinformation and propaganda aimed at discrediting the so-called West and the EU" as the reason for the refusal, and also cited an assessment by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, according to which some Russian media outlets want to "endanger democratic discourse" and "undermine public trust in democratic processes."

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