Politico: Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter over spying allegations
Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen, could face up to 20 years in prison.
Russian security services detained Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, in Yekaterinburg on Thursday on suspicion of spying for the U.S., according to state media reports.
Gershkovich, who is a U.S. citizen, is “suspected of espionage in the interests of the American government” and accused of “trying to obtain secret information,” Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement, according to state news agency TASS.
In Russia, the charge of espionage is punishable by 20 years in prison.
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WNU Editor: This appears to be the reason why he was arrested .... Wall Street Journal reporter, 31, is frog-marched into Russian court but his lawyer is BANNED - following arrest for 'spying' while writing about feared Wagner group (Daily Mail).
I personally like the reporting that Evan Gershkovich has been doing for WSJ. He is in Russia, and for the past few months his reporting on how the war is impacting regular Russians has been a go to place for me. I know his reporting on the Wagner group has had an impact. Even Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had to recently acknowledge this .... Wagner chief admits Bakhmut battle has 'battered' his army (CNN).
On a personal note. Before the war I knew a lot of independent journalists and independent news organizations in Russia. I was a regular weekly guest for one Moscow radio station commenting on Canadian - U.S. politics. But the war has changed everything. Russia is in a state of war right now, and there are restrictions on what can be covered when it comes to the war and the industrial base that supports it.
But even with these restrictions, Russian social media has been very active, and they are very critical of Russia's war effort. It should also be noted that while Russian news media is censored, Russians still have access to outside news media organizations via the internet.
Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested In Russia On Spying Charges
Moscow Court arrests WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich over espionage case -- TASS
Kremlin comments on WSJ correspondent arrest -- RT
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge -- AP
Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter for 'spying' -- DW
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges -- The Independent
Russia arrests US journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charge -- BBC
Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges -- CNN
Wall Street Journal defends reporter after he's arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage -- FOX News
23 comments:
Trade innocent reporter for Russian spy Major Jamie Lee Henry
or another transvestite
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called Putin "basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons."
Trump knocked DeSantis over the comments, claiming the rhetoric could lead to war.
Trump has a long history of defending Putin and called his justification for invading Ukraine "genius."
Yep, But deSantis also stated that we should not be in that war and Ukraine has no strategic value for the United States.
Trump give the devil his due. You might not like the truth and I might not either. But that does not make it "not true" now does it?
Speaking of the truth.
Going to answer those 5 questions anytime soon?
yes. DeSantis chqanged his tune and took a tough stand on Putin when he discovered his earlier view got no voter support.
so there, tough guy
Female Russian medics 'are being pressured into becoming sexual slaves and are "passed around" between officers or beaten'
STDs spiking among what passes for the Russian Officer class
It’s probably toilet paper nonsense like the story linked above my comment that got him arrested. WaPo was busted just yesterday lying about Xi accepting Zelenskys invitation. If you’re going to report inside Russia right now you better make sure your claims aren’t probably incorrect in a courtroom.
^ Jeanne Pierre's long lost white brother
I would imagine most of them are "spies." Intentionally or unintentionally.
Well, there is a narritive out there that says most of the MSM are nothing more than CIA/Blog parrots. And by some of the reporting I have seen in the last 20 years, it would not surprise me.
Btw this should not be too surprising. You have a Foriegn journalist from a major supporting country to an enemy combatant nation and he is waliking around reporting on developments in your country.
Not a good idea.
That guy took a big chance. He rolled snake eyes.
12;27
Skoda
Multiple postings of the same article on different threads, but with the same objective, misdirection of the blog thread.
Must be a slow news day at Hanover.
Widest disemination so people understand how rocs operate
@3:10
Yeah I've noticed that. Is it always the same bot posting?
Hans
yes, that is Skoda
Working in the capacity of his Federal Government Employee title:
Senior Blog Misdirection Supervisor GS-5
This guy is a classic. His postings are designed to move the conversation away from the main topic of the thread.
And then mis-direct the thread down some unimportant rabbit trail.
He does a mediocre job. Quite obvious. But for the unwary, he can waste your time and ruin a blog thread.
That is what he gets paid for.
desantis is just trying to score political points
@4:16 PM
I don't know. He seems to be drawing a constant consistent crowd. Namely; you. You must be his biggest fan.
Haha how you anons can tell everybody apart is amazing, I have no clue. I know that there is some anons that I agree with but i can never tell when or who I interact with them here.
Btw the anon that just repeats bible stuff is something else... Mental illness is a scary thing.
I like trump. not a globalist like the demublicrats
yikes 😬 kinda stalker
I'm not much better. Just certain ones. But it's not like I've gone to great effort! Appalling behavior by some.
He may be joking?
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