Russian diplomats were granted consular access to him on Monday for the first time since his arrest in 2021, Nadezhda Shumova, the head of the Russian Embassy's consular section, said in remarks carried by the Tass news agency. cybercrime charges and is in detention in Ohio. mission who was arrested by the FBI, also on spying charges.ĭunaev was extradited from South Korea on the U.S. Daniloff was released 20 days later in a swap for an employee of the Soviet Union's U.N. ![]() News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB. Gershkovich is the first American reporter to face espionage charges in Russia since September 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. His arrest rattled journalists in Russia where authorities have not provided any evidence to support the espionage charges. government declared him to be wrongfully detained. Gershkovich and his employer deny the allegations, and the U.S. A Moscow court last week upheld a ruling to keep him in custody until Aug. He is being held at Moscow's Lefortovo prison, notorious for its harsh conditions. ![]() ![]() The 31-year-old Gershkovich was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip to Russia.
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