The Urals mountain region is home to various Russian military factories.Ī Moscow court formally arrested the American reporter on charges of espionage and ordered him to be held until May 29 pending an investigation, according to Russian media reports, which said Gershkovich pleaded not guilty. The FSB alleged in a statement that Gershkovich, 'acting on an assignment from the American side, was gathering information classified as a state secret about the activity of one of the enterprises of Russia's military-industrial complex.' The newspaper swiftly denied the accusation.Įvan Gershkovich was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained on Wednesday by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB. citizen working for the Moscow bureau of The Wall Street Journal on suspicion of spying, drawing condemnation from the United States and press freedom groups.

Russia's Federal Security Service said its agents detained Gershkovich in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, accusing him of trying to obtain classified information. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by Russian officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Thursday.

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