Arrested US journalists from WSJ granted consular access

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Arrested US journalists from WSJ granted consular access

WSJ reporters provided consular access to arrested American – RIA Novosti, 03/30/2023

Arrested US journalists from WSJ granted consular access

Arrested WSJ US correspondent Evan Gershkovich has been granted consular access, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti. RIA Novosti, 03/30/2023

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MOSCOW, March 30-RIA news. Arrested WSJ US correspondent Evan Gershkovich has been granted consular access, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti. She gave no details of what was said. The FSB arrested the illegal activities of Wall Street Journal correspondent, US citizen Evan Gershkovich. He was detained in Yekaterinburg and an espionage case was opened Earlier Thursday, the FSB announced that Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Moscow bureau of the WSJ, had been arrested in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of spying for the US government. According to the intelligence service, the American collected information constituting a state secret “about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex”. Press secretary to the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said Gershkovich was caught in the act. The WSJ dismissed the charges against Gershkovich and demanded his immediate release. In turn, Zakharova said that Gershkovich’s activities in Yekaterinburg “have nothing to do with journalism.”

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Arrested US journalists from WSJ granted consular access