Evan Gershkovich Arrest Russia FSB

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Analysis

How it changed

1. 25 Sep

   Evan Gershkovich says his arrest in Russia was carefully planned FSB sting

   2 outlets · The Straits Times
2. 29 Sep

   Gershkovich had been living in Russia since 2017, and was the Wall Street Journal's foreign correspondent in Moscow when he was arrested - he is now based in Berlin, Germany.

   2 outlets · BBC

Coverage 4 articles

• 1 Oct Evan Gershkovich details Russian arrest, reveals moment that nearly broke him during wrongful detentionEvan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, detailed his wrongful arrest by Russian authorities while reporting in Yekaterinburg on March 29, 2023. During an interview with Fox & Friends, he revealed that realizing his captors were from the FSB and not regular police was when he understood it wasn't a mistake but a planned operation accusing him of espionage. Gershkovich's arrest and subsequent conviction for…Fox News
• 29 Sep 'I was lured into a trap': Evan Gershkovich on moment that led to 16 months in Russian jailEvan Gershkovich, a US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal in Russia, revealed in a BBC interview that he knew he had been set up by Russian authorities when FSB agents arrested him in Yekaterinburg in 2023. He was accused of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison but was released after 16 months as part of a prisoner swap deal. Gershkovich maintains that the charges were fabricated, and he…BBC
• 25 Sep US reporter Evan Gershkovich says his arrest in Russia was carefully planned FSB stingEvan Gershkovich, a U.S. reporter for the Wall Street Journal, describes his arrest by Russia’s FSB security service in Yekaterinburg as part of a planned sting operation while he was investigating Russian military production in 2023. During a meeting with a source at a steakhouse, masked men arrested him on espionage charges after the source handed him sensitive documents. Gershkovich served nearly a year in prison…The Straits Times
• 25 Sep Evan Gershkovich says his arrest in Russia was carefully planned FSB stingEvan Gershkovich details in his book that his arrest by Russia’s FSB security service was part of an elaborate sting operation while reporting on Russian military production for the Wall Street Journal. During a meeting at a steakhouse in Yekaterinburg, masked men arrested him after he received what appeared to be sensitive documents from a source, leading to his 16-year prison sentence before being released in an…The Straits Times

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