A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who had been arrested on espionage charges.
Gershkovich has been detained in Russia since March following his arrest on charges that he, the WSJ, and the US government vehemently deny.His arrest was the first detention of an American reporter in Russia on allegations of spying since the Cold War, rattling White House officials and further straining ties between Moscow and Washington.Evan Gershkovich's arrest marks the first time an American journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War.
US President Joe Biden has also been blunt about Gershkovich's arrest, urging Russia to "let him go.""I'm serious about a prisoner exchange. I'm serious about doing what we can to free Americans who are being illegally held in Russia or anywhere else for that matter. And that process is underway," Biden told a news conference in Helsinki in July.
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