"... the latest example of the Kremlin stockpiling foreign prisoners to secure diplomatic leverage. But the censorship laws hadn’t yet been applied to foreign journalists, and I felt a responsibility to continue working in the country if I could. I started taking short trips back to Russia. The importance of the work, and the sense of covering history in the making, made me feel alive. The door to cell No 40 slammed shut. I heard the clank of metal keys in the lock behind me, the deadbolt sliding into place with two noisy turns...."
From "Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia, thought he was meeting a sourceInstead he was arrested for spying. In an exclusive extract from his prison diaries, he reveals how he survived — and won his freedom" (London Times).

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Well.... didn't Griner get busted for carrying dope in her bags? Like, a really stupid thing to do, when traveling internationally? Is that really a good data point to evoke to illustrate your own danger level? I think it points to drama queenery.
“I heard the clank of metal keys in the paywall in front of me, the deadbolt sliding into place with two noisy turns....and realized this is no way to market my book.”
We got the sharp end of the stick on that trade for Griner, the oxygen thief.
Evan got arrested in what was clearly a set-up. I don't want to blame the victim here, but he should have been ultra-wary at all times, and his spidey-sense when he was at the bar where he got arrested should have told him to just walk away.
Sometimes "journalists" actually are spies.
It could be that if you're already a blip on their screen, it won't matter if you walk away. You're going down.
At least he's honest about the element of personal ego.
I pity the cultural offerings you wallow in and recommend here...
Poor ann.
"Is that really a good data point to evoke to illustrate your own danger level? "
I think so, when it is just a sentence in the entire article and the point he was making by it was:
"the latest example of the Kremlin stockpiling foreign prisoners to secure diplomatic leverage."
She was stupid, ever more so because she wasn't aware as this journalist on the other things going on in Russia. She might have been collected regardless, but she made it very easy for Putin.
I think the reason for the article is to warn those in Russia now that it may happen again as Putin starts to flex towards Estonia and NATO.
"But the censorship laws hadn’t yet been applied to foreign journalists"
i KNEW there were laws..
but i NEVER dreamt that they'd use them on ME!
i was a JOURNALIST! i ASSUMED that *i* would be exempt!!
He is Jewish, Gilbert
They never thin the laws apply to themselves... there's always a loophole.
"American Basketball Star" Brittney Griner was put in the male prison in Russia.
From "Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia, thought he was meeting a sourceInstead he was arrested for spying. In an exclusive extract from his prison diaries, he reveals how he survived — and won his freedom" (London Times).
LOL!
The Wall Street Journal is just globalist propaganda.
A random blogger or Youtuber has more credibility than a Chatham House rag.
"Star" is a bit much. Greiner was only famous for being imprisoned in Russia.
She was held briefly in a cell in men's facility before being transferred to a women's prison where she was held for most of her time in Russia.
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