David Satter, a US journalist working in Moscow, has been expelled by the Russian security services without explanation. Satter speaks exclusively to the the Guardian about the moment on Christmas Day when he was told that he was banned from the country.

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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)