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30.03.2023 - 17:41 / deadline.com
The White House has issued a statement condemning Russia’s detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich “in the strongest terms,” and is reiterating State Department warnings that U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia “should depart immediately.”
“We are deeply concerned by the troubling reports that Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, has been detained in Russia,” said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in the statement. She went on to say that the White House and State Department officials have spoken the representatives of the Wall Street Journal and has been in contact with Gershkovich’s family.
“Furthermore, the State Department has been in direct touch with the Russian government on this matter, including actively working to secure consular access to Mr. Gershkovich,” reads the statement.
The statement – read it in full below – also said the “targeting of American citizens by the Russian government” is “unacceptable.” Jean-Pierre also reiterated the U.S. government’s warning that Americans should not travel to Russia.
“U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately, as the State Department continues to advise,” the statement continues.
The detention of the Moscow-based reporter is thought to be the first such detention of an American journalist since the Cold War era and the fall of the Soviet Union. Russian authorities have accused Gershkovich of espionage, a claim rejected by the Wall Street Journal.
“The Wall Street Journal vehemently denies the allegations from the [Russian Federal Security Service] and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, Evan Gershkovich,” the newspaper said in a statement. “We stand in solidarity
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Reuters reported. Lefortovo, a former KGB prison, is often used to house prominent political prisoners.Gershkovich appeared at the hearing in a transparent box, known as a dock, that is used to hold defendants in Russian courts. Wearing jeans and a checked shirt, he appeared healthy but pale.
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State Department said in a statement. “We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing war against the truth.”“We call for the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr. Gershkovich,” the statement said.Gershkovich, 31, was arrested March 29 in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip.
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Instagram Saturday. “We must do everything in our power to bring him and all Americans home.”Gershkovich, 31, who works at the Journal’s Moscow bureau, was detained on a reporting trip last week after Russia’s Federal Security Bureau accused him of trying to obtain classified information, saying they caught the U.S.
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