Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Nearly a week after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia, former Gov. Bill Richardson, an expert on political prisoner negotiations, called the journalist s detention “unacceptable” and spoke about what it may take to free Gershkovich and other Americans detained abroad.
“We re working on cases in Russia with other Americans that don t have the celebrity status of Brittney Griner. But what is needed is a Brittney Griner-type campaign that involves the public, that involves international issues. That involves putting pressure on the Russians and our administration to get this done,” Richardson told ABC News.
Griner is a basketball star who was arrested in Russia and detained for 10 months last year before her release in December 2022. Griner was released in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was detained in the U.S.
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A week after WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia, former Gov. Bill Richardson said a 'Brittney Griner-type' campaign is needed to free the journalist.
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