An undated ID photo of journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper had been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services. "The FSB halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich... a correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accredited with the Russian foreign ministry," the FSB was quoted as saying.
A Moscow court today ordered Gershkovich be detained for two months on suspicion of spying, pending a possible trial.- Pic: AFP
