Russia Detains US Journalist on Spy Claim

MOSCOW - Russia announced Thursday it has detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage.

The 31-year-old reporter is part of the Journal's Moscow bureau and had official Russian press accreditation, the paper reported. He has worked in Russia since 2017.

Russia's security service, the FSB, released a statement saying it has "halted the