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Story summary
- Reporter Evan Gershkovich alleges the Security Service (FSB) staged a sting that led to his arrest in Yekaterinburg.
- He says the FSB had a backup plan to arrest him on a Siberian trip.
- He believes the sting aimed to convince President Vladimir Putin he was a spy, a view Putin accepted.
- The reporter, his newspaper and the U.S. deny spying.
