Joe Biden: On Sunday, the US expressed alarm over the incarceration of journalist Evan Gershkovich, a citizen of the US, and demanded his immediate release. Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who is a citizen of the United States, was detained in Russia on Thursday last week on suspicion of espionage, according to Russia’s top security agency.
Antony Blinken voiced his worry over Gershkovich’s incarceration
“It has been established that E. Gershkovich, acting on an assignment from the American side, was gathering information classified as a state secret about the activity of one of the enterprises of Russia’s military-industrial complex,” said Russia’s FSB security service, quoted by Reuters. In a phone call with Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, US Secretary Antony Blinken voiced his worry over Gershkovich’s incarceration. “Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a conversation today. Secretary Blinken expressed the United States’ strong concern with the unjustifiable arrest of a journalist who is a US citizen by Russia. The Secretary demanded that he be released right away “the US Department of State readout credited to Vedant Patel, the principal deputy spokesperson.
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Blinken also encouraged the Kremlin to free Paul Whelan
If Gershkovich is found guilty of spying, he may spend roughly 20 years behind bars. Blinken also encouraged the Kremlin to free Paul Whelan, a US citizen who had been jailed unlawfully. “TI spoke with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today to convey our grave concern over Russia’s unacceptable detention of a U.S. citizen journalist. I called for his release and for the release of wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan.” On Sunday, Blinken stated in a tweet. US President Joseph Biden has urged Russia to free Gershkovich in response to the latter’s detention. When questioned about his message to Russia regarding the detention of Gershkovich, Biden responded, “Let him go,” according to reports.
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