who was asked by reporter martin bashir to produce fake bank statements for his interview with princess diana in 1995. matt wiessler was sidelined by the bbc after raising concerns about the fake documents. in a statement, the bbc apologised to mr wiessler and his family, and said he had acted with complete integrity . the russian authorities have designated a number of journalists as foreign agents, among them andrei zakharov from the bbc. the bbc has issued this statement: the bbc strongly rejects the decision by the russian authorities to designate andrei zakharov from our moscow bureau as a foreign agent . the bbc is a trusted and independent source of news in russia and globally. bbc news russian has been a vital source of accurate and impartial news to russian speakers for 80 years. we have an outstanding team ofjournalists in moscow and elsewhere in russia. 0ur priority right now is to support andrei and to ensure that he and his colleagues are able to continue repo