"This is the prerogative of the FSB ... there has already been a statement from the Federal Security Service, we have nothing to add here. The only thing I can say is that, as far as we know, he was caught red-handed," he said.
According to Peskov, he does not know the details of the incident and redirected clarifying questions to the special services.
On March 30, Evan Gershkovich, a correspondent for the Moscow bureau of The Wall Street Journal, was detained in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage.
According to the FSB of Russia, Gershkovich, on behalf of the United States, collected information on the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
The Wall Street Journal expressed "deep concern" over Gershkovich's detention in Russia.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the occupation of an employee of the American edition of The Wall Street Journal in Russia had nothing to do with journalism.