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"For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of
espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the
Wall Street Journal, was
arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service
(FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report on the
Wagner Group, a mercenary organisation that fights for Russia in Ukraine. But
the FSB has charged him with spying on “one of the enterprises of the Russian
military-industrial complex”.
Not surprisingly, the
Wall Street Journal vehemently rejects the allegations.
On April 11 the US secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, announced that
Gershkovich has been “wrongfully detained” and called for his immediate
release, condemning Russia’s “ongoing war against truth”.
Sitting in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison, Gershkovich will find scant comfort in
the notion that he is merely the latest in a long history of journalists
harassed, detained or expelled in wartime. The familiar assertion that truth is
the first casualty of war tells only half the story. Journalists who seek to
tell it are often victims too."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
