The arrest of the journalist, the USA issues an urgent appeal to American citizens: Everyone escape from Russia! What is expected to happen?

"The US State Department's highest priority is the safety of American citizens abroad," Blinken said in a statement. Journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges, the first time since the Cold War that an American correspondent has been arrested on such charges. Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, announced that Gershkovich was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg while trying to obtain what it said was classified information.

The FSB, the successor to the Soviet KGB, alludes that Gershkovich "was acting on orders from the United States to gather information about the activities of one of the Russian military industry enterprises, which are classified as a state secret." "The Wall Street Journal" strongly denied the accusations and demanded the immediate release of Gershkovich. The organization "Reporters Without Borders" said at the time of the arrest, the correspondent was collecting data on an article related to the infamous Wagner Mercenary Group.

The United States announced in January sanctions against Wagner, who has supported Russia's attack on Ukraine.