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ロシア、夏に日本領事館員標的 敵視の末、記者「スパイ容疑」か―27日で拘束2週間
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ロシア、夏に日本領事館員標的 敵視の末、記者「スパイ容疑」か―27日で拘束2週間

ロシア当局による北海道新聞記者拘束から2週間。対日敵視や報復の疑いが指摘されている。

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ロシア当局による北海道新聞記者拘束から27日で2週間。ユジノサハリンスクでの元日本総領事館員を巡るスパイ情報の流出話やアエロフロート社員の出国に対する「報復」の可能性が指摘され、長期化の様相を呈している。

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ロシア当局が北海道新聞の記者をスパイ容疑で拘束し、モスクワへ移送した。背景には両国間の緊張関係が存在する。

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ロシア当局が北海道新聞記者を「スパイ容疑」で拘束したと発表して27日で2週間となる。記者が駐在した極東ユジノサハリンスクでは今夏、元日本総領事館員のパソコンから「ロシアでのスパイ活動」の記録が流出したとの未確認情報が取り沙汰された。当局によるでっち上げの疑いもあり、対日敵視の延長線上に今回の記者拘束があるもようだ。

邦人記者拘束、長期化の様相 対ロ交渉、進展兆しなく

政権系メディアは7月、SNSで「ハッカーが(元館員の)パソコンデータを盗んだ。ダークウェブ(匿名性の高いインターネット空間)で販売されている」と主張。「日本の情報機関がロシア人を監視していることが明らかになった」と決め付けた。

同月にはこれより先、ロシア航空大手アエロフロート東京支店社員が米紙報道で「情報将校」と名指しされ、日本を出国していた。政権系メディアの発信には「報復」の狙いが透けて見える。

政権系メディアは、「現代の忍者があらゆる情報を集めていた」と断じたが、証拠として画像で示した「流出データ」は、2017年当時の一般人同士とみられる通信アプリのやりとりが中心。日本側に有益な資料とは言えず、ロシア当局が国内の監視記録を日本語に訳し、元館員の「情報活動」に偽装してリークした可能性もある。

元館員は既に帰国していたが、総領事館前では「反日デモ」が展開された。その後、プーチン大統領が8月に北方領土を初訪問し、ロシア当局は今月13日、邦人記者を拘束してモスクワに移送する映像を一方的に公開。「スパイ」と印象付けるのに躍起だ。

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  • 拘束された記者の現在の状況と安否はどうなっているか
  • 日本政府による具体的な解放に向けた交渉の進展はあるか

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