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Japanese journalist detained by Russia’s FSB on suspicion of espionage jailed after being taken from Sakhalin island to Moscow

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) recently detained a correspondent for the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun on the island of Sakhalin. Officially, the journalist is suspected of spying for Japanese intelligence. He was taken to Moscow, where the Lefortovo District Court ordered him held in pretrial detention. The journalist was accredited by Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…

Japanese journalist detained by Russia’s FSB on suspicion of espionage jailed after being taken from Sakhalin island to Moscow

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