US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that she discussed the situation of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, during a meeting with Vasily Nebenza, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the World Organization, on April 4. It has been reported TASS.
“I spoke with my Russian colleague yesterday about the case of journalist Evan Gershkovich and expressed our strong demand for his immediate release.”
On March 30, Evan Gershkovich, correspondent of The Wall Street Journal of the FSB of the Russian Federation, arrested in Ekaterinburg. The ministry said the reporter was suspected of spying for the US government.
Editorial staff of The Wall Street Journal requested He called for the reporter’s release and also the expulsion of Russian journalists and the US ambassador.
White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby recalled the conversation between Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on this issue.