Russia detains Swedish citizen on terrorism charges

Summary

The FSB arrested a Swedish citizen in Russia’s Pskov region on terrorism charges and Japanese journalist Yuki Imai on espionage charges on Sakhalin, Euronews reports. The arrests came days after former president Dmitry Medvedev wrote that Russia may need to “fill up the exchange pool” to recover Russians abroad.

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1. Euronews

   15 Oct 2026, 10:25 UTCSource ↗

   Euronews reports that the FSB arrested a Swedish citizen in Pskov region on terrorism charges and Japanese journalist Yuki Imai on Sakhalin on espionage charges, days after former president Medvedev wrote that Russia may need to fill up an exchange pool to recover Russians abroad.