Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are among dozens of American citizens who are wrongfully detained or imprisoned by foreign governments. Russian authorities arrested Gershkovich on March 29 during a reporting trip to the provincial city of Yekaterinburg and accused him of spying. Wehlan has been jailed since the end of 2018, also on espionage charges.
"We will bring Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich home," Carstens tells NPR's Steve Inskeep on Morning Edition.
