"Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the status of a 'foreign correspondent', a journalistic visa and accreditation are used by foreigners in our country to cover up activities that are not journalism," she said.
According to Zakharova, this is not the first case when famous personalities from the West are "grabbed by the hand."
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.