'“In Evan [Gershkovitz]’s case, we are working through the determination on wrongful detention,' SecBlinken said of the WSJ reporter detained in Russia. While Blinken believes Gershkovitz is being wrongfully detained, the process is still ongoing.
Blinken's assessment, which he offered on Wednesday morning, is an indication of where the State Department is ultimately heading in the case as it decides whether to mark Gershkovitz formally as a"wrongfully detained" American.
“In Evan’s case, we are working through the determination on wrongful detention, and there’s a process to do that, and it’s something we’re working through pretty deliberately, but expeditiously as well," he said in Belgium."I’ll let that process play out. In my own mind, there’s no doubt he’s being wrongfully detained by Russia, which is exactly what I said to Foreign Minister Lavrov when I spoke with him over the weekend.
U.S. officials in Russia have not been able to meet with him yet, but the issue “has been taken into consideration,” according to a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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