Russian reporter loses Polish accreditation

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has withdrawn its accreditation for Leonid Sviridov, a reporter for Russian news agency RIA-Novosti, Polish Radio reports. This was earlier reported by news service Russia Today (RT) and then confirmed by the ministry, which declined to provide further details. RT said that the ministry did not provide Sviridov with any justification for the decision. Sviridov had similar problems in the Czech Republic in 2006, when he was also denied further accreditation in the country. Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes claimed he was a spy.