The Russian ambassador told the Japanese foreign ministry that it was unacceptable to involve the media in gathering classified information

The Russian ambassador told the Japanese foreign ministry that it was unacceptable to involve the media in gathering classified information

Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozderev, who was summoned to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, rejected Tokyo's claims about the arrest by Russian law enforcement authorities of a Japanese reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper and pointed out the inadmissibility of intelligence services involving private individuals to collect classified information, the Russian diplomatic mission said. "During a conversation held on October 14 at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Director General of the Europe Department K.