Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street diary is the first American writer arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage in 37 years, i.e. since 1986, erstwhile Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for "US News and planet Report", was detained. The FSB claims that it intended to get classified information regarding the Russian weapons factory. Both the U.S. government and the "WSJ" powerfully deny the allegations that it would carry out any intelligence activity. Its fates - as the "WSJ" and ABC News compose - can be decided by the late reborn practice of global exchange of prisoners, resembling the times of the Cold War. Despite an highly tense relation between the U.S. and the Russian Federation, it had already taken place in 2022 and active 2 U.S. citizens - erstwhile marine soldier Trevor Reed and basketball player Brittney Griner, who, according to the Washington administration, were unlawfully detained in Russia on charges of committing criminal crimes.
