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A Moscow court was due to hear an appeal by U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday against his arrest and detention on espionage charges.

Russia's security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a US correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War.

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service.

MOSCOW: An American journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia on charges of spying for Washington, Russia’s FSB security services said on Thursday.

Russia's top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the

White House denounces detention of US citizen Evan Gershkovich and Russia’s continued ‘repression of journalists’.

American Evan Gershkovich, 31, a Moscow-based foreign correspondent, has been held over alleged "illegal activities" and is "suspected of espionage", according to the FSB

The WSJ says it is deeply concerned for Mr Gershkovich’s safety and it ‘vehemently denies the allegations’

Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet era KGB, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the…