American authorities continue to demand consular access to journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested for spying in Russia, and demand his release. In an interview with the TV channel about this CNN said John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the White House National Security Council.
The official said Washington was pressing Gershkovich for consular access. According to Kirby, the US authorities are working hard to return the journalist to his homeland. Kirby stressed that Gershkovich should be released from prison immediately.
Earlier, on May 23, the Moscow Lefortovo Court elongated US citizen Evan Gershkovich, a reporter of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accused of espionage, is in detention until August 30. It was noted that the court accepted the request of the FSB inspector to extend the detention for another three months.
According to the Center for Public Affairs of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, Evan Gershkovich, on the instructions of the American side, specifically gathered information about the operation of the military-industrial complex of Russia, which constitutes a state secret. The journalist was detained in Yekaterinburg at the end of March 2023.