Gershkovich and Whelan US Spies "Wrongfully Detained?"

The clip, which was released on Monday and dates back to December 2018, was filmed at Moscow’s Metropol Hotel, where Whelan met with an undercover agent from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

The video shows the two meeting in a bathroom, with the man handing a USB stick to Whelan, which he puts in his pocket

He is then placed under guard by law enforcement officers and escorted into custody.

At the time, the FSB accused Whelan of trying to obtain dossiers on FSB agents.

He later denied any wrongdoing, insisting that he thought the USB drive contained "church pictures" and that he was being persecuted because his acquaintance in the FSB had been reluctant to return a loan of around $1,100.

How come Whelan had an acquaintance in the FSB that he loaned money to?

The Russian court stated Whelan had been “caught red-handed"

Russia’s Investigative Committee claimed he had engaged in espionage on behalf of the CIA.

That is a similar excuse the two Russian agents used after trying to poison a former FSB agent now living in the UK. They said they were "sightseeing in Salisbury".

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EVAN GERSHKOVICH; a CIA Spy "Employed" by the WSJ?

Gershkovich has Russian parents who came to the US in 1978. Evan was born in 1991. Russian was spoken at home.

He worked for the WSJ in Moscow.

On March 29, 2023, while Gershkovich was on assignment in Yekaterinburg, 1438 km by plane from Moscow.

Gershkovich's driver dropped him off at a steakhouse at 4 pm

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The counterintelligence department of the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained him in the restaurant for having information on a "Russian defense enterprise". Russian officials said he was collecting secrets on the "production and repair of military equipment" for the CIA

What on earth was Gershkovich thinking as he waltzed into a war-zone, sniffing around in Russia’s military drawer?

Thanks to the marvel of modern technology, however, there is compelling audio/visual evidence to show, Gershkovich had done an admirable job of incriminating himself.

Just seconds before Russian operatives swooped in to make their arrest, the reporter is heard reassuring the official from the Russian defense industry (who, in fact, was an FSB agent) that the necessary precautions have been taken to prevent any possible, you know, ‘misunderstandings.’

“We won’t even write that we saw the documents,” he said.

Then, sinking deeper into the incriminating morass, he said, in suspiciously impressive Russian, “we won’t be suspected of gathering [info] and no-one will be suspected of leaking [it].”

That slick remark is followed by Gershkovich telling his source that he wanted him to “leave [the data] at home…this is only an interview.”

RT has obtained an exclusive video showing the moment Russian law enforcement detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, as he attempted to hide what appeared to be a flash drive with illegally obtained classified data. The FSB agent had given it to him. Gershkovich walked into a trap. 

Obviously, Gershkovich had been under FSB surveillance, which includes monitoring communications.

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