An American journalist was arrested in RussiaespionageAccording to Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of Russian diplomacy. Evan Gershkovich, author Wall Street Journal According to him, they would be taken in Russia.hand in bag“. The journalist was going to Yekaterinburg for a report.
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He is currently being held in the same town more than 1,700 kilometers east of Moscow, in the Ural Mountains, according to Russian media, citing the FSB statement. Evan Gershkovich worked in Russia for more than a year Wall Street Journal and specifically investigated the Wagner group and its operations in Ukraine. The journalist, for example, worked in the circles of power in the Kremlin on the relays of Prigozhin’s militia leader.
“The FSB disrupted the illegal activity of an accredited reporter […] from the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper Wall Street Journalthe citizen UNITED STATES Evan Gershkovich“, also noted the FSS, which accuses him of gathering information.”about the company in the military industrial complex» in Russian. The American Daily hascategorically deniedThursday’s accusation of espionage by Moscow against its journalist andcalls for the immediate release of reliable and conscientious journalist Evan Gershkovicthe newspaper said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to Evin and his family“.
The 31-year-old Russian-speaking journalist, Russian by nationality, previously worked for H.France Media Agency in Moscow. He also collaborated with an English-language newspaper Moscow time after the transition to New York Times, the New York daily also confirmed. No western journalist has been arrested in Russia before.
Source: Le Figaro
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