MOSCOW: An American journalist has been detained on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia said Thursday (Friday in Manila), drawing immediate outrage from the West with the White House condemning the allegation as "ridiculous."
SCRIBE OR SPY? A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. The US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, March 30, 2023, citing the FSB
security services. ‘The FSB halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich ... a correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accredited with the Russian foreign ministry,’ the FSB was quoted as saying. AFP PHOTO
MOSCOW: An American journalist has been detained on suspicion of spying for Washington, Russia said Thursday (Friday in Manila), drawing immediate outrage from the West with the White House condemning the allegation as "ridiculous."