Japan consul ‘blindfolded and restrained’ during FSB interrogation in Russia

People gather together in Tokyo to raise funds for Ukraine via donations on the street. Japan has demanded Russia apologise for interrogating one of its diplomats in Vladivostock. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Japan has summoned Russia’s ambassador in Tokyo after a Japanese diplomat was blindfolded and physically restrained during an interrogation in Vladivostok.

Japan’s foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said Tatsunori Motoki, a consul based in the eastern Russian city, had been subjected to a “coercive interrogation” during his detention by Russia’s FSB security service.