'I was lured into a trap': Evan Gershkovich on moment that led to 16 months in Russian jail
The two men stood up and Gershkovich was told he was under arrest by the notorious and powerful FSB, Russia's domestic security service."It's at that moment that you realise it's something really serious… When it's the FSB, you know it's been planned."What about the man he'd been meeting? "I realised they're not treating me like a real spy. They've set me up and fabricated this case so that I can be a valuable hostage, a pawn in a greater game.
- ▪The two men stood up and Gershkovich was told he was under arrest by the notorious and powerful FSB, Russia's domestic security service."It's at that moment that you realise it's something really serious… When it's the FSB, you know it's be
- ▪"I realised they're not treating me like a real spy.
- ▪They've set me up and fabricated this case so that I can be a valuable hostage, a pawn in a greater game.
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'I was lured into a trap': Evan Gershkovich on moment that led to 16 months in Russian jail<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: Evan Gershkovich describes the moment he was detained by masked menByTiffany WertheimerPublished47 minutes agoUS journalist Evan Gershkovich has said that he knew he was being set up by Russia when he was arrested by FSB agents and accused of being a spy.In an interview with the BBC, Gershkovich spoke…
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