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☆ Russia Detains Another Defense Official, in New Sign of Putin Shake-Up
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Anton Troianovski | More About Anton Troianovski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russia has jailed a top defense official, the fourth in a month, state media reported on Thursday, expanding President Vladimir V. Putin’s biggest shake-up of his military leadership since the invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. A Moscow military court ordered Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin jailed for two months on Wednesday on suspicion of “large-scale” bribery, state news agencies said. General Shamarin was a deputy head of the Russian military’s main commanding body, the general staff, and oversaw its communications directorate. Image A photograph of General Shamarin, released by the Russian Defense Ministry. Credit... Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, via Associated PressThe detention of General Shamarin is the latest in a series of high-profile arrests that have coincided with Mr. Putin’s appointment of a new defense minister, Andrei R. Belousov, earlier this month.

Persons: Vladimir V, Vadim Shamarin, General Shamarin, Shamarin, Putin’s, Andrei R Organizations: Russian Defense Ministry . Credit, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Associated, Mr Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian

☆ Russia Detains Senior General, Widening Military Purge
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Anatoly Kurmanaev | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian security agents detained a senior general early Tuesday, widening a purge of the country’s sprawling Defense Ministry amid President Vladimir V. Putin’s broader shake-up of his government. Lt. Gen. Yuri Kuznetsov, who oversaw the ministry’s personnel department, was detained on an accusation of “large-scale” bribery, Russia’s Investigative Committee, a federal law enforcement agency, said in a statement on Tuesday. His detention came after Mr. Putin unexpectedly removed his long-serving defense minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, from his post and replaced him with a member of his economic team. Prosecutors said General Kuznetsov received a bribe from “commercial interests” between 2021 and 2023, when he worked on the protection of state secrets at the Armed Forces’ General Staff. The prosecutors claimed that security agents discovered cash equivalent to $1 million and luxury items during a search of General Kuznetsov’s home.

Persons: Vladimir V, Yuri Kuznetsov, Putin, Sergei K, General Kuznetsov, Kuznetsov’s Organizations: Mr, Prosecutors, Armed Forces ’, Staff

☆ Russia detains suspects after deadly Moscow concert hall attack that killed 93 people
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Russian law enforcement officers walk at the site of a gun attack on the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 23, 2024. MOSCOW (AP) — Eleven people have been detained after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow and opened fire on the crowd, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, according to Russian state news agency Tass. At least 93 people were killed in the attack, including three children, Russian authorities said Saturday. Friday's attack came just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide. The attack was the deadliest in Russia in years and came as the country's fight in Ukraine dragged into a third year.

Persons: Vladimir Putin Organizations: Russia's Federal Security Service, Crocus City, Tass Locations: Crocus, Krasnogorsk, Moscow, MOSCOW, Russia, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Russia Detains Two of Its Soldiers in Killing of Ukrainian Family
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A sign at the entrance to the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Russia has seized control of parts of the Donetsk region. Photo: Dmitry Yagodkin/TASS/Zuma PressRussian authorities are investigating the killing of nine people, including two children, in Ukrainian territory controlled by Moscow, in a case that has led to the detention of two Russian soldiers in connection with the crime and has sparked anger in both Ukraine and Russia. Russian occupation authorities said Saturday they had launched a criminal investigation following the killing Friday of nine residents of the city of Volnovakha, where their bodies were found in a private residence with gunshot wounds.

Persons: Dmitry Yagodkin Organizations: Zuma Press Locations: Volnovakha, Donetsk, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Russian

☆ Russia Detains Two Soldiers Suspected of Killing 9 Civilians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two Russian soldiers have been detained in connection with the killing of nine people, including two children, in Ukrainian territory controlled by Moscow, Russian authorities said, in a rare admission that occupying forces may have committed a crime against Ukrainian civilians. Russian federal investigators said in a statement late Monday that nine bodies with gunshot wounds had been found in a house. Russian authorities did not provide details of the killings, saying only that they involved a “conflict on domestic grounds.” Nor did they shed light on a potential motive. Ukrainian officials said they believed Russian soldiers had murdered an entire Ukrainian family for refusing to hand over their house. Ukrainian officials, prosecutors and human rights groups say that Russian occupation forces have regularly committed atrocities against Ukrainian civilians over the course of Moscow’s 20-month invasion.

Organizations: Russian Locations: Moscow, Ukrainian, Volnovakha, Ukraine

☆ Russia Detains Two Soldiers Suspected of Killing Nine Civilians in Eastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators in part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow said late on Monday that they had detained two soldiers on suspicion of killing a family of nine people, including two children. The statement said the soldiers were from a region in Russia's far east and that the reason for the murders appeared to be some kind of personal conflict. The killings took place in Volnovakha, an industrial town between Donetsk and Melitopol. Russian media reported that the murderers had used machine guns with silencers to kill the family at night. Ukraine's prosecutor's office said in a statement that it had also begun investigating the crime.

Persons: Ukraine's, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia's, Volnovakha, Donetsk, Melitopol

Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Tatar-Bashkir Service, poses in this undated handout photo. Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir Service who holds both U.S. and Russian passports, travelled to Russia on May 20 for a family emergency. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which has headquarters in Prague and Washington, says its mission is to "promote democratic values by providing accurate, uncensored news and open debate in countries where a free press is threatened and disinformation is pervasive". During the Cold War, RFE/RL transmitted news to audiences behind the Iron Curtain. "Journalism is not a crime and Kurmasheva’s detention is yet more proof that Russia is determined to stifle independent reporting."

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Russia detains, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu, Kurmasheva, Jeffrey Gedmin, Gulnoza Said, Guy Faulconbridge, Lincoln, Gareth Jones Organizations: Radio Free, Liberty's, RFE, Graphics, REUTERS Acquire, Russia, Russia detains RFE, Free, Radio Liberty, Wall Street, The State Department, Bashkir Service, Soviet Union, West . Radio Free, U.S, Congress, U.S . Agency for Global Media, U.S . Central Intelligence Agency, Protect Journalists, Central Asia, Thomson Locations: Radio Free Europe, Bashkir, Russian, MOSCOW, Russia, Free Europe, Ukraine, U.S, Prague, RUSSIA, Soviet, West . Radio Free Europe, Washington, Europe, Central

☆ Russia Detains a U.S. Journalist
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Ivan Nechepurenko | More About Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Russian authorities have detained an editor working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an American broadcaster funded by the United States government, on charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent,” the media company said on Thursday. The editor, Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds both Russian and United States citizenship, is the second American journalist to be detained in Russia this year. In March, Russian special services detained Evan Gershkovich, a Russian correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, on espionage charges, which he and The Journal have denied. He remains in a high-security prison in Moscow awaiting trial. “Another hostage has been taken,” Dmitri Kozelev, a prominent Russian journalist, said in his channel on the Telegram messaging app.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, “, ” Dmitri Kozelev Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, United, Wall Street Locations: Radio Free Europe, American, United States, States, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Kazan

☆ Russia detains WSJ journalist: White House condemns actions as 'unacceptable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailRussia detains WSJ journalist: White House condemns actions as 'unacceptable'Hosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last Call” is a fast-paced, entertaining business show that explores the intersection of money, culture and policy. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNBC. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management, joins the show to discuss the Russia detaining an American journalist who wrote for the Wall Street Journal.

☆ Russia Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter, Accusing Him of Espionage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Daniel Victor | Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Russian authorities said on Thursday that they had detained an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal and accused him of espionage, marking a new escalation in Moscow’s tensions with the United States and with foreign media organizations since its invasion of Ukraine. The journalist, Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent based in Moscow, is believed to be the first American reporter to be held as an accused spy in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. His detention comes as relations between Russia and the United States continue to deteriorate, with Washington leading a coalition of nations supporting Ukraine’s military defense and pushing for Moscow’s further diplomatic and economic isolation. Hours later, the Kremlin endorsed Mr. Gershkovich’s arrest. “We’re not talking about suspicions,” Dmitri S. Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, said, adding, “He was caught red-handed.” Mr. Peskov said he could not provide further details.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich “, ”, “ We’re, ” Dmitri S, Peskov, Vladimir V, Putin, ” Mr Organizations: Wall Street Journal, Soviet Union, Washington, Russian Federal Security Service, Kremlin Locations: American, United States, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Soviet, Yekaterinburg

Summary Russia accuses detained U.S. journalist of spyingSays he was trying to gather state/military secretsWall Street Journal denies the allegationsMove latest blow to dire Russia-U.S. tiesLONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious public move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal said in a statement it was "deeply concerned" for Gershkovich's safety and that it "vehemently denies the allegations from the FSB and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter". TOUGH CENSORSHIP LAWS[1/5] Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated handout image taken in an unknown location. Other foreign journalists covering Russia expressed support for Gershkovich online, saying he was a professional reporter, not a spy. Gershkovich, who has covered Russia since 2017, previously worked at The Moscow Times newspaper and at Agence-France Presse news agency before joining the Wall Street Journal's Moscow bureau in January last year.

☆ Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter, plans to hold him until late May
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

- A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services. Russian authorities plan to detain an American journalist who works for The Wall Street Journal for two months. The reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was detained on suspicion of espionage, according to Russia's Federal Security Service. Shortly after, a Moscow court ordered Gershkovich's detention to last until May 29, according to the Journal, which cited local reports. Gershkovich pleaded not guilty to espionage charges, according to Russian state news agency Tass.

☆ Russia Detains Eight Suspects in Crimea Bridge Explosion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Ann M. Simmons | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Smoke billowing from a fire on the bridge that links Crimea to Russia over the weekend. MOSCOW—Russian authorities said they have detained eight people in connection with the blast that brought down part of the bridge linking the occupied Crimean Peninsula to Russia. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, said it had detained five citizens of Russia and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia, alleging the detainees were involved in preparing last weekend’s explosion along the Kerch Strait Bridge.

☆ Russia detains Japanese consul on spying charge; Tokyo hints at retaliation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The consul was released after a few hours of detention by the Russian agency. Tokyo has lodged a "strong protest" about the detention and signalled it may retaliate, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a media briefing on Tuesday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterIt said the classified information, which also concerned Russia's cooperation with an unnamed Asia-Pacific country, had been obtained in return for a "monetary reward". The released consul has had no problem with health conditions and will depart Russia by Wednesday, Matsuno said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Reuters, Kantaro Komiya in Tokyo; Editing by Nick Macfie, Gerry Doyle and Muralikumar AnantharamanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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