Russia says detained Japanese journalist's treatment depends on FSB investigation
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said at an online briefing on November 5 that the future treatment of a Hokkaido Shimbun journalist detained in Sakhalin in October on suspicion of espionage would depend on the FSB investigation. The journalist's detention period runs until December 12. Zakharova declined to specify how Foreign Minister Lavrov responded when Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi demanded the journalist's immediate release at their October 30 meeting.