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Russian Security Agency Arrests Japanese Journalist on Spying Charges
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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Russia's Federal Security Service arrested a Japanese journalist on Sakhalin Island on suspicion of gathering defence capability information for Japanese intelligence.
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The suspect was flown to Moscow, where the Lefortovo District Court ordered him held in custody for two months pending the investigation.
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The arrest follows escalating tensions between Moscow and Tokyo after Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed Kuril Islands in August.