What it's like being arrested by Russia's spy service

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American journalist Evan Gershkovich believed he was meeting a source at a steakhouse in Yekaterinburg in 2023. Instead, he was arrested by Russia's main intelligence agency, the FSB, and spent 16 months behind bars before being released as part of a prisoner swap. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia

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Source reliability: 86/100
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