.Russia's Federal Safety and security Solution (FSB) pressed criminal fees versus two Australian reporters and one Romanian writer for unlawfully crossing the border into the southwestern Kursk location while on stating tasks, state media reported Friday.Authorities in Russia have actually so far demanded 12 overseas journalists over their function in the Kursk area complying with an unpleasant surprise attack through Ukrainian powers on Aug. 6. The reporters as well as their employers assert that their tasks carried out not go against international legislation.The current costs are actually targeted at Australian Transmitting Corporation contributors Kathryn Diss and also Fletcher Yeung, who mentioned earlier this month coming from Sudzha, a Ukrainian-held community in the Kursk region. In spite of being actually pinpointed as united state residents due to the FSB, both Diss and Yeung are Australian nationals, according to the state-run TASS news agency.Romanian writer Mircea Barba, an unique contributor for the site HotNews, was likewise asked for after being actually slammed by pro-war Russian armed forces blog owners for stating from the Kursk region in late August.The reporters experience charges of "illegally intercrossing the condition border of Russia," which could lead to approximately 5 years in prison if founded guilty.Kyiv states it has recorded dozens of cities as well as villages in the Kursk area, including Sudzha, while Moscow declares its own troops have actually slowly gained back management of the region during counteroffensive operations.