An RT (Russia Today) environmental documentary crew, which went to Nigeria to film footage about international oil business and the toll it takes on the environment, was instead caught in red tape limbo and almost prosecuted as spies.

The two-person crew, filmmaker Natalya Karachkova and cameraman Dmitry Tararako, safely arrived back in Moscow via Turkey this week after a pretty nerve-wracking working trip to the African nation. Shortly after they started filming in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa State, a local immigration official seized their passports.

More: https://www.naijiant.com/guestcolumn/russian-tv-documentary-crew-finally-returns-home-after-two-weeks-in-nigerian-limbo/