Russian Federal Security Service arrests Wall Street Journal reporter accused of espionage

Today, the Russian Federal Security Service announced the arrest of an office reporter "Wall Street Journal" In Moscow, Ivan Gershkovich, in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage. Sputnik quoted the Russian security service as saying in a statement: "There are illegal activities of US citizen Ivan Gershkovich, born in 1991, accredited by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow bureau correspondent for the American Wall Street Journal, suspected of espionage for the US government". According to the Russian Federal Security Service, Gershkovitch collected information that constitutes a state secret "On the activities of a subsidiary of the Russian military-industrial complex", based on instructions from the USA. The American citizen was arrested while trying to obtain classified information. Last Saturday, the US Department of Justice announced that the Russian citizen, Sergei Cherkasov, had been charged with espionage, in addition to fraud charges… explaining that the Russian citizen was trying to engage in an activity. "foreign customer" In the United States under the name of Victor Müller Ferreira, with a Brazilian passport.