The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
Evan Gershkovich
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Evan Gershkovich is a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal formerly based in Moscow. He is currently writing a book about his seven years living in Russia—including more than a year in prison on fabricated espionage charges—and the country's slide toward autocracy.
Before joining the Journal in 2022, Evan reported from Russia for Agence France-Presse and the Moscow Times. As a freelance journalist he has also written for the Economist, Foreign Policy and Politico Europe, among other publications. He started his career as a news assistant for the New York Times.
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