'In my own mind, there's no doubt that he's being wrongfully detained”. Russian investigators have formally charged a Wall Street Journal reporter with espionage. 9News
The U.S. Senate's top two leaders, in a rare bipartisan statement, demanded on Friday that Russia immediately release Evan Gershkovich, condemning the detention of the Wall Street Journal reporter and declaring that journalism is not a crime.
Gershkovich's arrest marks the first time an American journalist has been detained on accusations by Moscow of spying since the Cold War. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to release Gershkovich immediately.
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