Jan Espen Kruse (born 9 July 1956) is a Norwegian journalist and correspondent.
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He was born in Larvik. In 1990 he joined the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's foreign news desk, and from 1991 to 1996 he was their correspondent in Moscow.[1] From 2003 to 2007 he held the same position in Washington, DC, and in 2018 he was hired for a new stint in Moscow.[2][3]