Russia Extends US Reporter Evan Gershkovich’s Detention By 3 Months
US says allegations against Evan Gershkovich are baseless Moscow: Russia on Thursday extended the detention of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovic for three months, ignoring appeals to release the journalist, who was arrested on the job in March. Unlike many Western journalists, Gershikowicz continued reporting from Russia during Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine. He was […]
Russian court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detainment
Photograph taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovic. – A Wall Street Journal US reporter has been detained in Russia on suspicion of spying, Russian news agency reported Thursday, citing FSB security officials. “The FSB has stopped the illegal activities of American citizen Evan Gershkovic, a correspondent in the Moscow bureau of the […]
Russia talks prisoner swap in Evan Gershkovich’s case
Russia may consider releasing imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerszkovic as part of a prisoner exchange, but that would mean that he would be put on trial and a judge would Only after delivering a verdict in his espionage case, a senior Moscow official said. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Russia’s state-run news […]
Journalist previously kicked out of Russia weighs in on Evan Gershkovich’s detainment in ‘lawless’ land
According to author and journalist David Sutter, the Russian government can interpret the espionage laws that led to the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerszkovic “as it likes.” A former Moscow-based reporter who was expelled from Russia in 2013, Sutter has written several books about the collapse of the Soviet Union and the […]
