Russian authorities charge Wall Street Journal reporter with espionage.
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Russian Federal Security Service investigators have charged Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage, but he denies the charges and says he was working as a journalist. The United States has demanded his release, while Russia claims he was caught red-handed collecting state secrets about the military industrial complex. Gershkovich is the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War.
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