There is “no doubt” that U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russian authorities, Sec. Blinken says.
has been wrongfully detained by Russian authorities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
“In my own mind, there’s no doubt that he’s being wrongfully detained by Russia, which is exactly what I said to Foreign Minister Lavrov,” Blinken said at a news conference in Brussels, the Belgian capital, where he was attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. Gershkovich, who has been held in Russia on espionage charges since last week, met with lawyers for the first time Tuesday, theThe newspaper added that the U.S. government was preparing to officially declare Gershkovich, 31, as “wrongfully detained.”
“Evan is not a spy,” Jean-Pierre added. “Evan has never worked for the U.S. government. And he is an independent journalist employed by The Wall Street Journal.”
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