WorldRussian envoy says Japanese journalist caught ‘red-handed’ spying, Tokyo complaints off base
Russian Ambassador Nikolay Nozdrev said Tokyo had no right to complain about the detention in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk of a Hokkaido Shimbun correspondent suspected of espionage. He accused Japanese intelligence agencies of working with people, including accredited journalists, to gather classified information. Japan’s Foreign Ministry had summoned the Russian envoy to protest a lack of information about the detention.
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TASS★★★★☆2026-10-15 08:39Original
Russian envoy says Japanese journalist caught ‘red-handed’ spying, Tokyo complaints off base