Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia: When other journalists were held for 'espionage'
• 2 years agoAuthorities in Vladimir Putin’s Russia have increasingly used criminal charges against their own journalists as part of an increasing crackdown on free and independent media. But prosecutions of international journalists in Russia are still rare
Russia formally charges Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with spying: Reports
Fp Staff • 2 years agoAuthorities arrested 31-year-old Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city, on 29 March. He is the first US correspondent since the Cold War to be detained for alleged spying
Moscow court to hear appeal from jailed American reporter on April 18
Fp Staff • 2 years agoGershkovich, an American citizen, was arrested last week in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and charged with espionage. The charges were decried as false and fabricated by the Wall Street Journal, Western leaders and the reporter’s colleagues
‘Let him go’: Biden to Russia on detained US journalist suspected of spying
• 2 years agoRussia’s Federal Security Service has accused Gershkovich, a US citizen, of trying to obtain classified information. It is the first time an American journalist has been detained on accusations of spying since the Cold War
Russian spying charges against US reporter "ridiculous": White House
• 2 years agoThe White House dismissed espionage charges against a Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russia as ridiculous and said there was no reason to believe the charges are accurate
If the West is keen to ‘understand’ BJP, it must drop arrogance, deploy more resources and get rid of Orientalist tropes
Sreemoy Talukdar • 2 years agoThe BJP cannot simply be cast into the western framework of right-wing or left-wing, nor can it be identified as a ‘conservative’ or a ‘liberal’ party
Why female editors at the top 3 global business newspapers matter
• 2 years agoFor the first time ever, the Economist, Financial Times (FT) and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the ‘most influential organs of financial commentary’, are being led by women. Their appointments are significant as more women at the top increases the possibility of women rising through the ranks
When a fugitive launches a full-page ad war in WSJ against Modi on the lines of ‘Wanted Dead Or Alive’ posters
Gautam Mukherjee • 2 years agoThe advertisement was put in allegedly by one Ramachandran Vishwanathan, a disgruntled would-be supplier of multimedia content via satellite in India
Devas scam fugitive Ramachandran Viswanathan behind WSJ ad calling for US sanctions against India
Fp Staff • 2 years agoRamachandran Vishwanathan, an US citizen of Indian origin is leading a smear campaign against the Modi government, calling for sanctions against Nirmala Sitharaman and 10 others
Modi@8: A look back at the historic day when Narendra Modi dominated headlines across the world
Fp Staff • 3 years agoEight years ago, Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory, the BJP won an emphatic 282 of the 543 elected seats of Lok Sabha. Newspapers across the world covered his win with headlines such as 'Moditva', 'Lotus Position' and 'Ab ki Baar, Modi Sarkar'