year old reporter of espionage. he s pleaded not guilty. cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is in moscow, matthew as of yesterday. this had been marked top secret top secret case, which means we weren t gonna get a lot of details about it. what more are you learning today, though? well i mean that that top secret designation is still very much in in force, and so we re not getting any actual details from the russian authorities about the status of ivan gorshkov itch where he s being held. it s believed that is being held in a big jail complex in the center of moscow called the lefortovo prison. that s where the sensitive kinds of prisoners tend to be held. we are in touch with us diplomats in moscow there, saying that they ve been trying to get consular access to mr yushkevich . but so far they ve not been successful in doing that they have, and it s partly because of that security around him that they haven t been able to.
department is currently giving an update on the arrest of the wall street journal reporter in russia. ivan gorshkov itch. let s take a listen can offer first the u. s. embassy in moscow has requested official notification of the arrest, and russia is required to provide that under our bilateral consular convention, second whenever u. s citizens are arrested abroad, we pursue consular access as soon as possible, however, due to russia s administrative procedures and security requirements, it will likely be several days before that happens. third we are in close contact with the wall street journal on this issue, and also i would like to make it clear that it is not safe for us citizens to be in the russian federation. any us citizen reciting or traveling in russia should depart immediately, as stated in our latest travel advisory, those who require assistance in departing russia