The investigation brought charges against Evan Gershkovich, a journalist working for the Wall Street Journal’s Moscow office, who was detained on espionage charges. It has been reported interfaxciting a source familiar with the situation.
“Gershkovich has been charged,” the source said.
It was reported that the journalist was accused of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
It was previously reported that American journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested on suspicion of espionage. appealed your arrest
On April 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reportedly phoned to discuss the arrest of Evan Gershkovich. Blinken said he had requested the journalist’s release. Lavrov said it would be up to the court to decide, advising him to stop messing around to give the case a political twist.
According to the FSB of the Russian Federation, Gershkovich collected information, which is state secret, about one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex in the Sverdlovsk region.