Russia Formally Charges US Journalist With Spying, Tass Says
- WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich was arrested while on a reporting trip
- US officials demand US citizen be released, charges dropped
Evan Gershkovich
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Russia has formally charged Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich with spying, Russian state media reported, citing people familiar with the case.
The reported charges by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, come more than a week after the US citizen was detained during a reporting trip to Ekaterinburg in Russia’s Ural Mountains region. Gershkovich has denied the changes, Tass reported.