CNN halts its operations in Russia after the country passed a "false news" law on the Ukraine invasion

The Hollywood Reporter

CNN, which had three correspondents in Russia as of this morning, follows BBC News and Bloomberg in halting their journalism practices in Russia. The country's national parliament, the Duma, passed a new law Friday that will make it a criminal act to call the war in Ukraine a war. “CNN will stop broadcasting in Russia while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward,” a CNN spokesperson tells The Hollywood Reporter. UPDATE: CBS News and ABC News join in halting Russia broadcasts.