Geršković categorically denied the accusations brought against him, TASS agency reports.
Gershkovich’s arrest is seen as a serious step in the further escalation of persecution of the press by the totalitarian regime of dictator Vladimir Putin.
Gershkovich is the first journalist from a US publication to be detained in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) claims that the journalist collected information on a Russian military industrial company at the behest of the United States.
The service does not reveal when the journalist was detained.
Geršković faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage.
While working in The Wall Street Journal’s Moscow office, Gershkovich wrote about Russia and Ukraine.
His latest article, published this week, focused on Russia’s economic decline under Western sanctions.
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