(CNN) A new investigation has found evidence that CNN journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year were subject to constant surveillance by a team of Russian operatives. The Bellingcat investigation says that according to email correspondence from Prigozhin's employees, "Konstantin Pikalov was also the author of the surveillance memo targeting the CNN team." He was later seen in a restricted airport area when the CNN team was about to fly to a town called Boda. Local police questioned the CNN team, accusing them of faking a press accreditation. The video included claims that the CNN team was linked to US and UK intelligence services and included multiple examples of the video and photo surveillance of the CNN team.

Source: CNN August 20, 2020 15:33 UTC