Hostage Taking: Russia’s secretive FSB arrests first U.S. correspondent since Cold War on allegation of spying
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. Evan Gershkovich was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information, the Federal Security Service, known by the acronym FSB, said on March 30. The service, which is the top domestic security agency and main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, alleged that Gershkovich “was acting on instructions from the American side to collect information...
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