The State Department is preparing to designate as “wrongfully detained” a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested by Russian security services last week
, a designation that would rev up the U.S. government’s efforts to win his release.
Lawyers engaged by the Journal visited Mr. Gershkovich for the first time on Tuesday, nearly a week after his detention by agents of the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB. The lawyers reported that Mr. Gershkovich was in good health and was grateful for The White House on Tuesday declined to say whether the U.S. would consider a prisoner swap to secure Mr. Gershkovich’s release.
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