Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich writes about his time in a Russian prison and the man who put him behind bars.
Gerhskovich writes, “When I was arrested by Russia’s security forces in 2023—the first foreign correspondent charged with espionage since the Cold War—I never stopped reporting. On my release I set out to identify the man who had taken me, and to learn more about the spy unit that had carried out his orders.
“During my 16 months’ imprisonment, colleagues at The Wall Street Journal had been asking parallel questions.
“Together, we have identified the man behind the curtain as Lt. Gen. Dmitry Minaev and can now reveal a trove of fresh details about the unit that he runs: the Department for Counterintelligence Operations. Known as DKRO, it is at the very core of Putin’s opaque wartime regime. The story of how it got there reveals much about how Russia’s autocratic system became entangled in a broiling conflict with the West.”
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