Cold War echoes: US journalist arrested for espionage in Russia
Headline from Christian Science Monitor
The Russian Federal Security Service arrested an American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, for espionage charges. The newspaper denies the allegations and demands his release, and the Biden administration has condemned the arrest “in the strongest terms.”
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The Russian Federal Security Service claims the Wall Street Journal correspondent was “acting on the orders of the U.S.” and “gathering information about a Russian defense plant that constitutes a state secret.”
An American journalist has been detained on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia said Thursday, drawing immediate condemnation from the West and calls for the Wall Street Journal reporter's release.…
Russia has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter on charges of espionage, which the newspaper has denied. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the main successor agency to the Soviet-era …
“The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich.”
A Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested by Russian authorities after he was accused of spying on behalf of the U.S. government, the paper reported.
CNN) -- Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the first time a US journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War.
MOSCOW — Russia's security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release.
(CNN) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the first time a US journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War.
A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Russia's FSB security services said
The arrest of Gershkovich, a 2014 graduate of Bowdoin College, is the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind bars on spying accusations since the Cold War.
FSB says Russia-born Evan Geshkovich suspected of spying for Washington, detained in Yekaterinburg for gathering info 'on an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex'
Russia detained a U.S. journalist working for The Wall Street Journal, accusing him of espionage. Evan Gershkovich was reporting in the city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained.
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