‘The FSB is off the leash’ as Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for ‘espionage’

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Arpan Rai and Chris Stevenson© Independent.co.uk

Russia’s top security agency says it has arrested a reporter for The Wall Street Journal over alleged espionage.