Russia’s foreign minister said Russia has “irrefutable evidence” that imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is guilty of espionage. Sergey Lavrov blamed American journalists for helping delay U.S.-Russia talks regarding a possible prisoner exchange by publicizing the confidential negotiations, which he said are still “ongoing.
FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia , June 26, 2024. The U.S. Ambassador told Russia ’s foreign minister on Tuesday, July 16, that President Vladimir Putin should release detained Americans, singling out Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan and accusing the Russia n leader of continuing to treat “human beings as bargaining chips.
“I would like to assure you that, just as much as you do, we are in favor of journalism and freedom of speech,” Lavrov said in answer to a reporter’s question. Last month, the Russian Prosecutor General’s office accused Gershkovich of “gathering secret information” on orders from the CIA about a military equipment plant 150 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg. The plant has been considered a pro-Kremlin symbol since one of its managers publicly denounced Moscow’s anti-government protests in 2011-12.Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in the USLavrov said the U.S. and U.K.
Lavrov contrasted strong U.S. reaction protesting Gershkovich’s detention to his government’s reaction to the expulsion of Russian journalists from Western countries.
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