Evan Gershkovich is a U.S. journalist for The Wall Street Journal in Russia who has faced detention and legal pressure in Moscow. Born 1991, he studied philosophy and English at Bowdoin and joined WSJ in 2022. He was detained on espionage charges in 2023, later released in a prisoner swap, marking a landmark case for foreign correspondents in Russia.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has visited Moscow after a U.S. C-17 transport landed at Vnukovo, flight-tracking data shows. Russian and U.S. officials have not detailed the meetings. U.S. sources told Axios that Washington asked Kyiv to pause strikes while the delegation travelled; Moscow later confirmed Ratcliffe met Russian security officials.
A study traces Scotland’s cultural and social shifts from the mid-1960s to the 1966 general election, highlighting changes in family planning, rebirth of media, housing redevelopment in Glasgow, and youth culture shaped by The Beatles and Dylan.
Russian authorities have arrested a Japanese reporter identified as Yuki Imai of the Hokkaido Shimbun on Sakhalin and flown him to Moscow on suspicion of gathering information on Russia's defence capabilities for Japanese intelligence. Tokyo has demanded consular access, summoned Russia's ambassador and called for the reporter's fair treatment; Moscow says the case is not isolated.
Foreign nationals have been detained by Russia’s FSB on mercenary or espionage charges amid a string of arrests linked to Ukraine conflicts. A German veteran says he joined Ukraine in 2025, claiming pay issues led to desertion. Other cases include a Swedish national and a Japanese journalist; Washington and Moscow discuss prisoner exchanges.