Asked by White House reporters what his message was to Russia regarding Gershkovich, a US citizen, Biden said: “Let him go.” | AFP .
The Journal’s editor in chief, Emma Tucker, sent a note to the newspaper’s staff Friday, saying that “we will carry on doing everything in our power to secure Evan’s release.”
Gershkovich is believed to be the first foreign journalist held for spying in post-Soviet Russia, and his arrest is expected to escalate the Kremlin’s confrontation with the West amid Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The 31-year-old journalist’s detention, on charges that carry a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars, is a serious escalation of Moscow’s sweeping crackdown on the media.
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