Evan Gershkovich, American correspondent The Wall Street Gazettewas arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on the morning of March 30, 2023. The FSB of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation is accused of espionage. The feds sued under Section 276 of the Penal Code (espionage, actually) and risked the reporter being jailed for up to 20 years. The news was reported by the Moscow state agency. Ria Novostirefers to the internal FSB press release.
The press release states that the journalist “acquired information on one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex, which represents a state secret, on instruction from the United States.” The arrest took place in a town in the Ural Mountains in Ekatirenburg. Was in the area for an article about the Wagner group and how the locals were recruited as mercenaries. The reporter must have been caught by the feds at a restaurant where he had just met his source.
L’international press institute (IPI) issued a statement asking Moscow for his immediate release in response to the arrest. The institute also reported that colleagues had not been able to contact the reporter since March 29. This The Wall Street Gazette He confirmed the arrest in a statement in which he expressed “deep concern for the reporter’s safety”.
Breaking minute: Russia’s main security agency says it has arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen, for what he describes as espionage https://t.co/5mr3h7uroZ
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) 30 March 2023
Who is Evan Gershkovich?
Born in 1991, US citizen Evan Gershkovich has worked for France Presse, the Moscow Times and the New York Times and is regularly accredited to the State Department. He has lived in Moscow for six years and is the Wall Street Journal’s correspondent from Russia and all countries of the former Soviet Union. In his latest article, “The economy is starting to slow down in Russia,” he talks about the effects of Western sanctions on Moscow’s business.
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