The Wallstreet Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Yekaterinburg. He is accused of "espionage".
But the real reason for the arrest is that Gershkovich was reporting on Wagner's recruitment.
In general, Russia's hostage "diplomacy" will go into…
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) March 30, 2023
The Russian Federal Security Service has announced that Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich has been been Arrested in the City of Yekaterinburg for “Suspected Espionage.” pic.twitter.com/4ySbvl2t8U
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 30, 2023
Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was involved in the collection of “secret information” about a Russian defense company and a criminal case on espionage charges had been opened against him, RIA Novosti reported, citing the FSB.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wsj-journalist-on-spying-allegations-a80657
“The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation stopped the illegal activities of the correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, born in 1991, who is suspected of spying for the American government,” the FSB said in the statement. “It was established that Gershkovich, acting at the request of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex. The foreign national was detained in Yekaterinburg while attempting to obtain classified information.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/30/reporter-arrested-russia-evan-gershkovich/
h/t DOORBERT