The Wall Street Journal demanded the release of its correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage.

“The Wall Street Journal is demanding the immediate release of our colleague Evan Gershkovich, a prominent journalist who was arrested while covering events in Russia. We know what's going on in the world thanks to the fearless work of reporters like Evan.

The publication notes that it considers the arrest of Gershkovich "a cruel insult" in his address.

The day before, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation reported that Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage in the interests of the American authorities. According to investigators, the journalist collected information constituting a state secret about one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. The Lefortovo Court of Moscow arrested him for two months.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the US reaction to the arrest of The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich was self-disclosure.