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hoosakiwi t1_je949ti wrote

Not a lot of details in the article, but it’s pretty clear the guy is a legitimate journalist who has covered the region extensively.

> The FSB accused Gershkovich of collecting “information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.” It provided no evidence.

> Gershkovich is a journalist covering Russia, Ukraine and the former Soviet Union.

> He was previously a reporter for Agence France-Presse and the Moscow Times and a news assistant at the New York Times, according to his author page on The Wall Street Journal’s website.

Seems like a ploy by Russia to secure another human pawn that they can use in negotiations with the United States.

We should expect more of this…

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Zkenny13 t1_je94b2v wrote

Sounds like the US government is going to have to start asking Ukraine to capture high ranking officers. We're going to need something for prisoner swaps. Of course this is only my uneducated idea.

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Hkerekes t1_je969vs wrote

Guilty or not, that reporter is not in for a good time.

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TheCommodore44 t1_je98e6y wrote

Replying to Zkenny13 (#2,478,042)

Giving them any prisoners of value is a great way of ensuring Russia continue to abduct foreign nationals on jumped up charges.

If anything, this should prompt a harsh response from the US to dissuade further kidnapping

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Oleg101 t1_je99jpl wrote

> Updated statement: "The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich. We stand in solidarity with Evan and his family."

https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1641381852232536065?s=46&t=UKR1TShxVeunp4_vn5gZrw

> The White House has been in touch with the Wall Street Journal regarding Evan Gershkovich's arrest, I'm told.

https://twitter.com/cgcdlb/status/1641395345757290499?s=46&t=UKR1TShxVeunp4_vn5gZrw

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swizzlemc2pots t1_je9g202 wrote

More or less its just a tightening grip via Kremlin to remove any sort of inside of Russia reporting. Despite, there will always be voices inside. Its a fear tactic, another Griner.

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Sbubbert t1_je9gsz6 wrote

No US citizens should be in Russia. Period. Doesn't matter if you're a journalist or any other job. Everyone has had more than a year to get the fuck out. They know the risks of staying there. It sucks to say this, but we have to leave him there. No swaps. He should have known better. Anyone entering or staying in Russia past the beginning of March 2022 should be on their own, and should not expect the US gov to save them should they be detained.

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Shackleton214 t1_je9jjor wrote

Are there no Russians in America whom we can take hostage (i.e., arrest on bullshit charges)?

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wistoon33 t1_je9ma6m wrote

I have no idea why an American would be in Russia right now.

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Miamime t1_je9qv4z wrote

Replying to Sbubbert (#2,480,587)

Well, that’s the point of journalism. Sometimes you put yourself at risk to report on things that the public should know about. There’s a credo amongst hardcore journalists to put the truth above everything else.

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mincenzo t1_je9s4a6 wrote

Is there another arms dealer they can trade?

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icnoevil t1_je9uqzt wrote

It will be interesting to see how those Pootin lovers on Fox News, Tucker and Hannity, react to this news.

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baguak4life t1_je9zsmx wrote

At this point if you are over there it is completely your own risk. I am not condoning what they did but wild horses wouldn’t drag me to that shithole

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onlycatshere t1_jea0cqp wrote

Replying to Sbubbert (#2,480,587)

Journalists like this take a calculated risk. They believe what they are reporting on is worth the chance of state abuse. To say he should have known better is incredibly patronizing

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jonjongth t1_jea55bt wrote

Replying to icnoevil (#2,484,182)

Yeah this stinks to high heaven, detaining a Murdoch journalist on spy charges when Murdochs Fox News is your biggest western cheerleader would be detrimental to your narrative, of course that would mean faux news reporting on it with as much visceral enthusiasm as they do testicular tanning.

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CaptStiches21 t1_jea5bvn wrote

Replying to Makaidi39 (#2,483,530)

That's a false dichotomy. Russia is sending its own citizens into a war without guns, armor, uniforms, training, first aid, etc., and is very transparent about the belief they are at war with "The West." I appreciate journalists who take dangerous assignments, but being an American in Russia and even whispering any dissent is borderline suicidal. It is probably safer on the front line. We know Russia lies, and we know they capture and torture or kill their enemies. What's left to report within the border? Which dept head "falls out of a window" this week?

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Al_Bundy_14 t1_jea7jan wrote

Don’t know if we have any Russian mass murderers left to trade.

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apocolipse t1_jeaam58 wrote

Replying to Still_Blueberry5544 (#2,485,189)

Well.... There's 2 exceptions... Steven Seagal and Snowden...
But only because Russia knows we absolutely wont negotiate for Seagal, they can keep him... and we'd just arrest Snowden, so we're not exactly going out of our way to get him back.
Those 2 people who are technically still Americans are pretty safe in Russia from diplomatic/political based retaliatory prosecutions... Literally any other person even those holding US and Russia passports are vulnerable.

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absolooser t1_jeaiyg9 wrote

Was he spying on the Journal and they gave him up? Or was he actually one of Mirdoch’s boys and this whole thing is a misunderstanding?

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Deranged40 t1_jealis0 wrote

Replying to hoosakiwi (#2,478,032)

> We should expect more of this…

Is it just me or does it seem like there's a really strange expectation for us to be surprised about this?

Shitty, terrible regime does shitty, terrible things. More at 11.

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Deranged40 t1_jeam3rk wrote

Replying to Hkerekes (#2,491,310)

Guilt is a legal term that refers to whether someone has violated a written law. Guilty absolutely does not inherently mean that something wrong has been done. It just means that something was (or in some cases was not) done, and that thing is against the law. The law may be shitty.

Russia has tons of shitty written laws, some of which may be flat out inhumane or strongly against our beliefs.

Going with your heart and doing the right thing will get you sent to prison in a lot of countries.

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Ottobahn- t1_jean4hw wrote

Good to know we’re still handing the Russians easy arrests to inevitably trigger yet another prisoner swap down the line.

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TheMountain11 t1_jearii6 wrote

“Hey we need to you to go to Russia to work on this piece”

“Nah Dog, I’m good”

Given they are a hostile country with Anti-American sentiment WHY WOULDN’T they take pawns for trade?

I’ll be damned if I would be offering up pawns.

Americans should be told to stay out or you are on your own once they grab you.

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ohaiihavecats t1_jeaupa7 wrote

I'm not surprised that they detained another "spy," but I am surprised that they arrested a Murdoch employee.

How many days do you figure it'll be before Tucker Carlson claims that he totally was a woke antifa deep state spy, after all?

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Addythemench t1_jeauty4 wrote

Can we give them that stupid basketball player back for this guy?

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buck70 t1_jebdsg6 wrote

Replying to onlycatshere (#2,485,667)

>They believe what they are reporting on is worth the chance of state abuse. To say he should have known better is incredibly patronizing

That's fair. However, they should expect no help whatsoever from the US government. Otherwise, they are just giving the Russians free bargaining chips.

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ChillBroBeHappy t1_jebfdyd wrote

Journalist plays stupid game, wins stupid prize. Fuck journalists, they don’t spread actual news. Just a bunch of greedy swine hiding under the guise of truth seekers.

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DogeSadaharu t1_jef1hwv wrote

Replying to hoosakiwi (#2,478,032)

The moment the Biden administration traded an arms dealer for Brittany Griner of all people, a WNBA player dumb enough to bring drugs(no matter the amount) into another country; it was to be expected.

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ObjectivePitiful1170 t1_jef6rlx wrote

Replying to buck70 (#2,498,067)

> However, they should expect no help whatsoever from the US government. Otherwise, they are just giving the Russians free bargaining chips.

They give U.S. citizen information. The citizen need them to make informed decisions. They are quite possibly the most important cog of a democracy. There should be no limit to resources needed to make them as safe as possible, to respond to a crisis, and to handle any threat to freedom of the press decisively and punitively.

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