US reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Evan Geshkovich, detained in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Moscow's security services FSB confirms
A fluent Russian speaker, Geshkovich was previously a reporter based in the Russian capital for The Moscow Times, an English-language news website.
The FSB security services said on Thursday they had "halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Geshkovich," who was "suspected of spying in the interests of the American government". "The foreigner was detained in Yekaterinburg while attempting to obtain classified information," the FSB said, referring to a city in central Russia 1,800 kilometres east of Moscow.
Andrei Soldatov, an author and expert in Russia's security agencies who is outside the country, said on social media: "Evan Gershkovich is a very good and brave journalist, not a spy."
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