NNA - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that a journalist working for the Wall Street Journal who was detained on suspicion of espionage had been "caught red handed".

"Unfortunately, this is not the first time that foreign correspondent status, a press visa and accreditation, is used by foreigners in our country to cover up activities that are not journalism. This is not the first well-known Westerner to be caught red handed," Zakharova said in a statement on social media. -- AFP

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