- Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich detained in Yekaterinburg on spying allegations.
- FSB accuses Gershkovich of collecting information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
- The Wall Street Journal expresses deep concern for the safety of the reporter.
- Detention of the reporter is a frontal attack on all foreign correspondents who still work in Russia, says expert Andrei Soldatov.
Russia Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter on Spy Charges
Russia’s Federal Security Service said it has detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen, in Yekaterinburg on spying allegations.
