Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has gone on trial on espionage charges in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, 15 months after he was initially arrested there. The 32-year-old appeared in a glass cage in the courtroom for a behind-closed-doors hearing on Wednesday morning, with his head shaven clean and wearing a black-and-blue plaid shirt. […]
The espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors, a statement from the court that will hear the case has said. Gershkovich, a US citizen, has been behind bars since his March 2023 arrest and faces 20 years in prison […]
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges last year, will stand trial in a city 870 miles east of Moscow, where he was detained, according to local authorities. For the first time since Gershkovich was detained in March 2023, details of the accusations against him were revealed in […]
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for more than a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalised and his case was filed to the Sverdlovsky Regional Court […]
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. officials confronted the Chinese government in Beijing last month about a sweeping cyber espionage campaign through which Chinese hackers have broken in to dozens of American critical infrastructure organizations, a senior U.S. cyber official said. Under the campaign named Volt Typhoon, American officials say China aims to […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) was sentenced on Monday to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to transmit classified information to someone he thought to be a Russian agent but turned out to be an FBI undercover employee, the U.S. Justice Department said. Jareh Sebastian Dalke, […]
China has rejected allegations that it has been carrying out spying operations in Germany, describing the claims as slanderous. “The intention behind this hype is quite obvious, namely to slander and suppress China and undermine the atmosphere of cooperation between China and Europe,” said a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday. China […]
VIENNA (AP) — Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel. Egisto Ott was arrested March 29. The 86-page arrest warrant, obtained by The Associated Press, alleges among other […]
It began with a flirty message: “Long time no speak! Miss you in Westminster”. Then, after claiming to have met the recipient at a recent event, the mystery correspondent, who called himself “Charlie”, got down to brass tacks: “I’m single again so making the most of the gays in Westminster.” After some further banter, “Charlie” […]
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s justice minister said Thursday that she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if directed against Austria itself but not if it targets other countries or international organizations. Justice Minister Alma Zadic’s push to tighten Austria’s laws comes as the arrest of a former Austrian […]
A South Korean man has been detained in Russia accused of espionage, Russian media report. South Korea’s foreign ministry has also confirmed the arrest, saying they were trying to provide consular support. Baek Won-soon was arrested in the far-eastern city of Vladivostok “at the start of the year”, state agency Tass reported, and is now […]
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a university employee who was providing the Russians with information about the locations of equipment and troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv Oblast. Source: Security Service of Ukraine (SSU); Prosecutor General’s Office Quote from SSU: “The investigation report shows that the detained individual turned […]