Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia

Russia’s security services arrested an American reporter with the Wall Street Journal in Moscow on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich was hit with espionage charges by Russia’s government — a first for a US correspondent since the Cold War. Host Carol Hills speaks with Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for New American Security, about a subject Evan tackled before his arrest: the state of Russia’s economy since its invasion of Ukraine.

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