You may have been reading our reporter Evan Gershkovich's coverage of the war in Ukraine and the situation in Russia over the past year. As you know, Evan was detained by Russia on Wednesday and accused of spying. The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies these accusations. We stand with our colleague and invite you to read this profile of him, which is free to read.

Is there any way for him to be released? What options does the journal have to get him back?

If Russia is targeting journalists for political reasons, does this mean journalists must leave Russia for their safety?

Is it common for Western reporters who write scathing critiques of Putin and Russia to hang out in Russia?

Especially since Russia is currently engaging in an active war

I feel very sorry for him. I hope that he will be released

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 94%. (I'm a bot)

> The last time Wall Street Journal staff heard from Evan Gershkovich was Wednesday, just before 4 p.m., when he had arrived at a steakhouse in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

> At 10:35 a.m. Thursday morning Moscow time, an item from Russia's state news agency said Mr. Gershkovich had been detained and accused of espionage by the Federal Security Bureau, the successor to the KGB. It was the first time Russia had brought a spy case against an overseas reporter since the Cold War.

> Mr. Gershkovich's jailing challenges the bedrock notion that American reporters, authors, and researchers could work in Russia to learn about the vast and complicated country and its escalating conflict with the West.

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Why don't you have Daddy Murdoch ask Putin to let him go? You Newscorp degenerates are practically an official propaganda arm of the Kremlin as it is, I'm sure russia would let them go after they're reminded this is a case of friendly fire.

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