The Hokkaido Shimbun reporter was arrested and taken to Moscow on charges of espionage

The Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia has filed a criminal case against this Japanese citizen

Moscow, October 13. /TASS/. A reporter for the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun was arrested in Yezhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia's Far East on suspicion of espionage, flown to Moscow and detained, the FSB said.

This foreign citizen was arrested in the Sakhalin region on the eve of leaving our country and then transferred to Moscow. The Russian FSB investigation department has filed a criminal case against this Japanese citizen under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (espionage).

He added: "By the decision of the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow, he has been arrested. Further investigative and operational measures are being carried out."