Russian Court Orders Wall Street Journal Reporter to Be Held in Custody

Evan Gershkovich is part of WSJ’s Moscow bureau; Journal vehemently denies espionage allegations against him, seeks his immediate release

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Russia’s main security agency said Thursday it had detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for what it described as espionage.  

Mr. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen and member of the Journal’s Moscow bureau, was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg, around 880 miles east of Moscow, on Wednesday while on a reporting trip.  

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