Detained Wall Street Journal reporter charged with espionage in Russia was Bowdoin College graduate - The Boston Globe

Gershkovich on Wednesday was detained by Russian security forces in the city of Yekaterinburg located 800 miles east of Moscow where he was researching a story for his employer, The Wall Street Journal. The 31-year-old Gershkovich was charged by Russian officials Thursday with espionage and ordered detained at least until May 29, according to the Journal and Tass, the state news agency in Russia. “Some will want their comments to be from an unnamed source, which means, as a reporter, you have to make sure you speak to them over...