Journalist's arrest threatens reporting from Russia

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NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time in a year whether the risks of reporting there during wartime are too great.

The Journal and other news outlets continued to press Friday for the release of Evan Gershkovich, He was taken into custody by Russian security officials a day earlier and accused of spying, charges the newspaper vehemently denies.

More than 30 press freedom groups and news organizations, including the Journal, The New York Times, BBC, The Associated Press, The New Yorker, Time and The Washington Post, signed a letter Friday to Anatoly I. Antonov, Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., expressing concern about "a significant escalation in your government's anti-press actions.

“Russia is sending the message that journalism within your borders is criminalized and that foreign correspondents seeking to report from Russia do not enjoy the benefits of the rule of law,” they said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/journalist-s-arrest-threatens-reporting-from-russia/ar-AA19koL0

[HeartachesNhangovers]

1. The WSJ gets nothing but hate on DU, but their writing is excellent and the fact that every other

US paper has fled Russia and that Evan Gershkovich was picked up for "espionage" tells me they're doing a good job.

I ignore most of their business reporting because I'm a super-conservative investor that doesn't buy specific stocks (just mutual funds) so i don't need to know how any particular company is doing or why. However, I read all their weekly book reviews (except children's books), recipes and other cultural items. And reading the WSJ's many articles on investing basics would be valuable for anyone with any amount of money to invest.