Russia announces arrest of US journalist accused of espionage

An American journalist for the Wall Street Journal was detained in Russia accused of espionage, the Federal Security Service (FBS) announced Thursday, quoted by Russian press agencies.

“The FSB thwarted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich (…) correspondent for the Moscow bureau of the US newspaper The Wall Street Journal”the FSB said in the statement, quoted by the agencies.

Is “suspected of spying for the US government” and to collect information “about a company of the Russian military-industrial complex”.

The arrest of a foreign journalist for espionage is unprecedented in the recent history of Russia.

Before starting work for the American newspaper in 2022, Gershkovich was a correspondent for AFP in Moscow and before that for the English-language daily Moscow Times.

Of Russian origin, the 31-year-old journalist He speaks Russian perfectly, and his parents live in the United States.

Source: Elcomercio

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