Anna-Lena Laurén has worked in Russia for 16 years and has until now been the last Swedish correspondent to be permanently resident in the country.
"She has lived and worked in Russia for over a decade, knows the community well and has many Russian friends. That is why it has been so important that she has been there. Not least during the war to give us an insight into Russian society," says Peter Wolodarski.
He believes that the Swedish media coverage of Russia will be affected by the decision.
"We will be poorer from a journalistic perspective as a consequence. And that's regrettable, but perhaps not so surprising in terms of how this regime acts.
Hope to return
Anna-Lena Laurén will continue her reporting on Russia, for DN and the Finnish newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet, but with Finland as a base.
She hopes to be able to return to Russia in the future, writes DN.
"One thing is certain about Russia, everything changes all the time. I have always been convinced that the Putin regime is not forever and we have seen several times in Russian history that it can happen very quickly," she told the newspaper.
Stricter rules
According to DN, Russian authorities have tightened the rules for active journalists in the country during the course of the war. Among other things, foreign journalists must now apply for renewed accreditation every three months. Previously, it was required to be renewed once a year.
At the beginning of the year, SVT's Russia correspondent Bert Sundström also announced that he was leaving the country after 20 years of reporting.