Norwegian outlet staff on Russia wanted list
The gist
Russia added Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore to its wanted list, the third exiled staffer in Kirkenes.
The small Norwegian outlet says half its newsroom is now targeted from abroad.
How it unfolded
- 2025 -2026Five articles about the fishing company Norebo, co-founded and majority-owned by Russian billionaire Vitaly Orlov, were published; Orlov brought a High Court of London lawsuit over them.
- Nov 4, 2026Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore, from Murmansk and now in exile in Kirkenes, was added to Russia's interior ministry wanted-person database after criminal proceedings over alleged involvement with an organisation declared 'undesirable' and failure to comply with 'foreign agent' requirements.
- Nov 4, 2026Officials in Murmansk sought Zagore's detention in absentia, The Guardian reported; he became the third Barents Observer journalist living in exile in Kirkenes on Russia's wanted list.