WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday determined that Russia has “wrongfully detained” American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, effectively…
The Wall Street Journal has denied Gershkovich was spying. The White House has called the espionage charge, which carries a jail term of up to 20 years, “ridiculous.”
Patel told reporters earlier that Moscow had formally notified Washington of Gershkovich’s detention over the weekend, but had not yet granted U.S. consular officials access to the journalist. “We are doing everything in our power to support Evan and his family and will continue working with the State Department and other relevant U.S. officials to push for his release,” the Journal’s publisher and Dow Jones chief executive, Almar Latour, and Editor in Chief Emma Tucker said in a statement after the State Department announced its decision.
The list includes, among other things, that the individual is being targeted primarily because they are an American citizen or that the detention is intended to influence U.S. government policy.
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