Russian authorities have arrested an American journalist who has been identified as Evan Gershkovich. Yes, a US-based journalist has been arrested in Russia after being accused of spying while working for the Wall Street Journal. According to the sources, an experienced Russian reporter was working in the city of Yekaterinburg at the time of his arrest. Now the White House has condemned his arrest “in the strongest terms.” The Kremlin claimed it had been caught “red-handed,” but the Wall Street Journal vehemently denied all the allegations against it.
Who is Evan Gershkovich?
Let us tell you that Mr. Even Gershkovich, 31, is well known among foreign correspondents in Moscow and is described by BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg as an excellent reporter and principled journalist. According to the Wall Street Journal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed “great concern” over the detention. US officials claimed they contacted Gershkovich immediately but received no response. The WSJ said the report that he stopped contact with his editors while he was working in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) east of Moscow, on Wednesday afternoon. Read on for more details about it.
WSJ reporter arrested
A New York journalist, Joshua Yaffa, who is also a friend of Evan’s, tweeted: “Evan was not unaware or naive about the risks. He is a brave, committed and professional journalist who traveled to Russia to report on stories of importance and interest”.
Wall Street Journal reporter arrested
Some US officials said Gershkovich’s driver had dropped him off at the restaurant and that two hours later his phone was turned off. The newspaper later said that they hired a lawyer to try to find him at the FSB headquarters in the city, but told the lawyers that they did not have any information.
American journalist arrested in Russia
Russia’s security service, the FSB, announced that it has stopped the “illegal activity.” He went on to say that the reporter had been detained “on instructions from the United States” and that he had “compiled information considered a state secret about the operations of a Russian defense organization.” Along with this, he said that the investigative department had launched a criminal espionage case and a source told Russian media that he was classified as “top secret”. FSB agents took him to Moscow’s Lefortovo district court on Friday, where he was formally arrested and ordered to remain in custody until May 29.
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