Russian photographer banned from collecting prize in EU

Moscow has condemned World Press Photo’s decision to “cancel” the TASS journalist as disgraceful discrimination

The World Press Photo Foundation has blocked the winner of its 2025 contest, Mikhail Tereshchenko, from attending next month’s awards ceremony in Amsterdam, after anti-government activists complained that a Russian journalist had been praised for covering protests in Georgia.

Tereshchenko, who has been a TASS staff photographer...