“Wall Street Journal” reporter arrested on charges of espionage in Russia.
According to the “Novosti” news agency, Ivan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter of the “Wall Street Journal” newspaper, was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg. The press office of Russia’s Federal Security Service reported on Thursday that the journalist is suspected of spying for the US government.
This journalist had an official journalist’s certificate and worked in the office of this newspaper in Moscow.
According to this information, “it has been established that Gershko Vych, born in 1991, on the basis of instructions received from the United States of America, collected information that is state secrets regarding the activities of one of the companies associated with the Russian military industrial complex. This The foreign journalist was arrested while trying to obtain classified information in the city of Yekaterinburg.
The investigative department of the Federal Security Service has already filed a criminal case under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (relating to “espionage”).
In this regard, the “Wall Street Journal” newspaper, in a statement published on its website, while confirming that Ivan Gershkov Y. worked in the Moscow office of this publication, is very concerned about the safety of its journalist who was arrested in Russia. has expressed concern.
In addition, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, also mentioned that the activities of Ivan Gershkovich, a reporter of the Wall Street Journal in Yekaterinburg, had nothing to do with journalism. According to him, this is not the first time that the journalistic activity of a western citizen has been used to cover espionage activities.
