Symbolic imageRussia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage
Russia's FSB says it detained a reporter for Japan's Hokkaido Shimbun on Sakhalin Island and transferred the reporter to Moscow, and Meduza reports that a court ordered the journalist held. TASS alleges the Japanese citizen collected information on mobilized and volunteer participants in what Russia calls its special military operation among Kuril Islands residents, while the New York Times says the reporter had been covering military recruitment.
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