A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday. ManilaBulletin
A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal "vehemently denies" the allegations and said it was "deeply concerned for the safety of Mr. Gershkovich." The FSB confirmed that Gershkovich, 31, was working with press accreditation issued by the Russian foreign ministry."The foreigner was detained in Yekaterinburg while attempting to obtain classified information," the FSB said, referring to a city in central Russia 1,800 kilometres east of Moscow.
Several US citizens are currently in detention in Russia and both Washington and Moscow have accused the other of carrying out politically-motivated arrests. The US says he was a private citizen visiting Moscow on personal business and has demanded his release.There have been several high-profile prisoner exchanges between Moscow and Washington over the past year.
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