US working on ‘wrongful detention’ label for WSJ reporter FMTNews FMTWorld
Russia’s FSB security service accuses Evan Gershkovich of gathering information about a Russian defence company that was a state secret.
“It’s something that we’re working through very deliberately, but expeditiously as well. And I’ll let that process play out,” Blinken told reporters in Brussels. US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday she had spoken with her Russian counterpart, Vassily Nebenzia, demanding Gershkovich’s immediate release.
The “wrongfully detained” designation means the responsibility for the case would be transferred from the state department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs to the office of the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, raising the issue’s political profile and allowing the government to allocate more resources to securing Gershkovich’s release.
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