A Wall Street Journal reporter with ties to New Jersey was arrested in Russia on espionage charges.
It's the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations and demanded his release.
The arrest comes at a moment of bitter tensions between the West and Moscow over its war in Ukraine and as the Kremlin intensifies a crackdown on opposition activists, independent journalists and civil society groups. The sweeping campaign of repression is unprecedented since the Soviet era - and activists say it often means the very profession of journalism is criminalized, as are the activities of ordinary Russians who oppose the war.
While previous American detainees have been freed in prisoner swaps, a top Russian official said it was too early to talk about any such deal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "It is not about a suspicion, is it about the fact that he was caught red-handed." "That unwritten rule not to touch accredited foreign journalists, has stopped working," said Pavlov, a member of the First Department legal aid group.
Jeanne Cavelier, of press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, said Gershkovich's arrest "looks like a retaliation measure of Russia against the United States."
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