American journalist Evan Gershkovich marked the grim milestone of one year in Russian detention on Friday as US efforts have yet to secure his release.
“This has been a really difficult year for our family,” Gershkovich’s sister, Danielle Gershkovich, said at an event last week. “It’s just a lot of uncertainty and we just have to take it day by day.” The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on March 29, 2023, and shortly thereafter was charged with espionage – an accusation thoroughly denied by Gershkovich, the US government and his employer.
US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens said Thursday that he hoped that the Russian government had extended Gershkovich’s pre-trial detention “so that we have another 90-day period to seek ways to come up with a deal to bring both Evan and Paul Whelan home,” noting that once the case goes to trial, it could be harder to reach a deal. “Once a trial starts in Russia, the Russians will usually follow through,” he told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
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