White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby met with Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov on March 30 to discuss the fate of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan, who was detained in Russia. He said they were coming. Gershkovich on suspicion of espionage. It has been reported TASS.
“We can confirm that Ambassador Antonov was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 30. There he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Victoria Nuland,” he said.
On March 30, the FSB of the Russian Federation reported that The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg. The ministry said the reporter was suspected of spying for the US government. The editors of The Wall Street Journal demanded the reporter’s release, while also calling for the deportation of Russian journalists and the US ambassador.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former US Ambassador to the UN statedDiscussing the Gershkovich case at a meeting with Vasily Nebenzey, Russia’s permanent representative to the world organization, on April 4.
April 3 at the White House declarationThe US strongly wants Gershkovich’s release. Journalist arrested He is in Yekaterinburg on March 30 and is now in a pre-trial detention centre.