Biden tells Russia to release US reporter
Evan 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 Malaysian Insight pic, April 1, 2023.
PRESIDENT Joe Biden yesterday called for Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on espionage charges, while rebuffing a call from the paper’s editorial board to expel Russian journalists from the United States. Asked by White House reporters what his message was to Russia regarding Gershkovich, a US citizen, Biden said: “Let him go.”
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