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droplivefred t1_jea5xnk wrote

Was he working on a story there? Are there other US journalists there? From what I’ve seen, there haven’t been any US reporters reporting live from Russia for a while. Heck, Russian reporters are disappearing over there and being censored like crazy. Why would the WSJ find it smart to send a US journalist there at this point?

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readytostart1234 t1_jeafyqf wrote

He was working on a story in Ekaterinburg. Story was about Wagner military group and how normal Russians feel about their recruitment tactics. He was writing for WSJ, so not live reporting. His family is originally from Odessa Ukraine, and according to people that knew him, he was obsessed with Russia and Russian language and have spent nearly 6 years there.

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