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ParanoidFactoid t1_je9u95w wrote

There is a State Department travel advisory warning against travel to Russia. Because of the risk of unlawful detentions like this.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/russia-travel-advisory.html

What was WSJ thinking here?

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AreYou4realRightNow t1_jeali3d wrote

According to other comments he has lived there for 6 years.

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PumpkinManGuy t1_jebviy9 wrote

So he somehow thought he wouldn't get snatched up?

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xtossitallawayx t1_jecaqk9 wrote

More like, he accepted the risk of getting snatched up because he felt that reporting from inside Russia was valuable and worth the risk.

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Incandescent_Anon t1_jecfxaj wrote

Professionals at the highest level of their craft often accept a higher level of risk than a normal person would consider prudent.

It doesn't matter if its Jim Cantore standing in a hurricane, dodging the tree limbs, or a journalist standing behind enemy lines cataloging the illegal actions as the freedom to do so erodes beneath him.

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vindictivemonarch t1_jea5fkd wrote

wsj: "money money money money money money money money money money money money money..."

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