Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in recent days in Russia, has been formally indicted for espionage.
He made it known by the Tass agency.
The US reporter denied the allegations.
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Attempts to pressure Russia for the release of WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich are "useless".
This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry announcing that Deputy Minister Serghei Ryabkov and US Ambassador Linne Tracy discussed the journalist's detention in Russia.
Ria Novosti reports it.
The meeting took place at the request of the US ambassador.
“During the discussion on the detention of US citizen Gershkovich in Russia, raised by Tracy, the attention of the head of the diplomatic mission was drawn to the serious nature of the charges he is facing. It was pointed out that he was caught in the act trying to obtain secret data, using his status as a journalist as a cover for a