Russia arrests U.S. journalist on espionage charges; Moscow court orders he be detained for 2 months
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg by the FSB and later formally arrested by a Moscow court.
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Gershkovich covers Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union for the Journal.
He was previously a reporter for Agence France-Presse and the Moscow Times and a news assistant at The New York Times, according to his author page on the Journal’s website.
Gershkovich, 31, speaks Russian. His parents live in the United States and are originally from the former Soviet Union.
His most recent article was published Tuesday and co-bylined, with the headline: "Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone."