The attempts of the American press to show the innocent victim of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested for espionage in Russia, is manipulation. This was announced in 2019 by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington. telegraph channel.
“The American press, hiding behind the principles of freedom of speech, is recklessly trying to interfere with Russian justice to question Russia’s independence,” the diplomatic mission said.
The embassy added that attempts to present Gershkovich as an innocent victim and portraying his subversive activities as a journalistic duty are outright manipulation.
Tatyana Nozhkina, the lawyer of Gershkovich the day before, stated about his intention to prove his innocence.
Previously reported in more than 40 countries signed letter against the arrest of journalist Gershkovich for espionage.
On March 30, The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB in Yekaterinburg on espionage charges. He was accused of collecting information that constituted state secrets “about the activities of one of the enterprises in the Russian military-industrial complex” and was arrested for two months.