While the jury remains out as to whether Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested last year in Russia for espionage, is smart, it goes without saying that he is most definitely ballsy.

For those just getting up to speed on the latest Spy vs Spy episode, Gershkovich, 32, was nabbed inside a restaurant in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg as he was passed classified data on Russia’s defense industry. What makes Gershkovich particularly ‘ballsy’ in this case is that the suspected espionage happened smack in the middle of Russia’s special military operation against Ukraine, and when Moscow’s domestic security apparatus is operating on high alert, 24/7. Add to that the exploding rates of patriotism and pro-Putin pledges and the Motherland makes the most fatal Bond girl resemble a ditzy blonde at happy hour (no offense to ditzy blondes, of course). In other words, what on earth was the young reporter thinking as he waltzed into a war-zone, sniffing around in Russia’s military drawer?

While we will never know the exact answer to that question, the Russian opposition, in perfect lockstep with Western liberals, quickly........

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