Russia arrests American Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage

The agency did not say when the arrest took place.

(Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

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 successor to the KGB, said on Thursday that Evan Gershkovich had been detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.