President Biden vows to keep "working every day" for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been "wrongfully detained" by Russia for a year.
The 32-year-old American has spent a year locked up on bogus charges. His friends and fellow journalists are deeply worried for him, but won’t give in to despair.
Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind bars abc7chicago.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc7chicago.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, recently visited our colleague, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, at the Federal Security Service’s toughest prison in Moscow.Gershkovich was in “good health and remains in good spirits,” the ambassador said, which was the best news from inside the “political prison,” as Russians call the FSB’s investigative pre-trial detention site, Lefortovo.Friday March 29 marks one w
Journalism is not a crime : US issues strong rebuke as Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian detention aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.