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Chay Bowes, an Irishman working for Russian state media, ‘deported’ from Romania

  • Irish RT journalist Chay Bowes was detained and deported from Bucharest on Thursday shortly after arriving on a flight from Dublin to cover Romania's presidential election rerun.
  • Romanian authorities labeled Bowes a threat to national security amid a contested election following annulment of November 2024 results due to alleged Russian interference.
  • Bowes described police boarding the plane, detaining him, and interrogating him about his contacts before placing him on a flight to Istanbul later that day.
  • The rerun election is scheduled for May 4 and 18, after Romania’s top court cited irregularities and intelligence reports alleging Kremlin meddling, which Moscow denies.
  • Bowes criticized his removal from Romania as a serious violation of his entitlements as both a journalist and an EU national, describing the ordeal as deeply upsetting.
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One of the voices of Kremlin propaganda, the editor-in-chief of Russia Today (RT), Margarita Simonian, announced on her X account that Romania had detained and subsequently expelled journalist Chay Bowes, who works for RT. Bowes, who...

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The Russian publication Today (RT), controlled by the Russian state, says one of its journalists, Chay Bowes, was held on Thursday at the International Airport Henri Coanda in Bucharest and then excommunicated from Romania. "Our correspondent, Chay...

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