The source explained that at the moment Badanin and Rubin may be in the United States.

RT tried to contact the journalists, by which time their phones were unavailable.

On July, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared the activities of a US non-governmental organization “Project Media” in the country undesirable.

On the same day, the Ministry of Justice of Russia entered the editor-in-chief of media Roman Badanin into the register of foreign media agents.

* "Project Media" (Project Media, Inc.) is an organization whose activities are recognized as undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation by the decision of the General Prosecutor's Office dated 07.15.2021.