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  • Russia arrests U.S. journalist on espionage charges; Moscow court orders he be detained for 2 months

    03/30/2023 8:10:39 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 23 replies
    NBC News ^ | March 30, 2023 | Chantal Da Silva
    Russian authorities on Thursday arrested an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal on spying charges. Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg on suspicion of “espionage in the interests of the American government,” the Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement, which was reported by state media. The FSB accused Gershkovich of collecting “information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.”
  • Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

    03/30/2023 5:28:15 AM PDT · by McGruff · 20 replies
    AP ^ | March 30, 2023
    Russia’s top security agency arrested an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind bars on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations against Evan Gershkovich. The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. The FSB, which is the top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, alleged that Gershkovich “was acting on the U.S. orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian...