Russia Detains Japanese Journalist for Alleged Espionage

New York Times13 October 2026, 16:45 UTCRussia

The main security service said it had detained a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper in Russia’s far east, where he had been reporting on military recruitment.

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