MOSCOW, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service said it detained a Japanese journalist who it alleged had been gathering information on Russia’s defence capabilities, news agencies reported on Tuesday.
FSB said the journalist, who works for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, had been detained in the Sakhalin region before he planned to leave Russia, and was subsequently transferred to Moscow and arrested, Interfax news agency reported.
(Reporting by Reuters;Editing by Alison Williams)
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