Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich on suspicion of spying


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  • Thursday, 30 Mar 2023

FILE PHOTO: A view of the city of Yekaterinburg from the Visotsky Business Centre platform in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Staples/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -A Moscow court ruled that a U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Russia's FSB security service said earlier on Thursday it had opened a criminal case against U.S. national Evan Gershkovich on suspicion of espionage and the Kremlin said he had been "caught red-handed".

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