He is accused espionage and now he is imprisoned in a Russian prison. The Wall Street Journal is “deeply concerned” for the fate of his correspondent Evan Gershkovich which, as reported by the Federation Internal Security Service (fsb) mentioned by Interfax was stopped due to “illegal activities” that happened in the country. The reporter, accredited to the Russian Foreign Ministry, is “suspected espionage for the benefit of American government“. Also, according to the Russian secret service, Gershkovich took off Information covered by “state secrets”. about the activities of one of the “companies of Russian military-industrial complex“.
The spokeswoman for the Moscow Foreign Ministry also spoke about this. Maria Sakharovstating via his Telegram profile that “what the Wall Street Journal correspondent did a Yekaterinburg This has nothing to do with journalism. Unfortunately, this is not the first time foreign correspondent status, journalist visa and accreditation of foreigners in our country have been used as a cover Activities that are not journalism“. The Kremlinthrough his spokesman Dmitry PeskovHe adds that regarding the reporter’s activities, “We’re not talking about suspects, that’s it caught in action“.
Now the 32-year-old journalist dares to get to work 20 years in prison on the basis of Article 276 of the Criminal Code, which specifically concerns espionage crimes. Gershkovich is a reporter who covers the RussiaL’Ukraine and former Soviet Union for the American financial newspaper. His parents live in the US but are originally from the ex Soviet Union and for this reason the reporter also speaks Russian. Before joining the Wall Street Journal, he worked for the AFP agency, for the Russian-English language Moscow Times and was an assistant journalist for the New York Times.
Photo: Instagram profile of Evan Gershkovich