The Latest Breaking News from Evan Gershkovich

Russia charges US reporter with espionage

MOSCOW: Russian investigators have charged Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage, the Interfax news agency reported, citing an unidentified source.

Bangkok Post · Apr 7, 2023

Russia charges Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich with espionage

Russian Federal Security Service investigators have formally charged Evan Gershkovich with espionage but the Wall Street Journal reporter denied the charges and said he was working as a journalist, domestic news agencies said on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2023

Kremlin says its strategic aim is to create a ‘new world order’ – as it happened

Foreign minister says Russia rejects a ‘unipolar world order led by one hegemon’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2023

Trudeau and Biden call on Russia to release WSJ reporter

U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada called on Wednesday for the immediate release of a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2023

Russia says it will ignore media lobbying for release of arrested US reporter

Moscow will ignore a letter from media groups urging the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying because they have not shown the same regard for a Russian pro-war blogger killed by a bomb, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

Blinken says U.S. working on 'wrongful detention' label for WSJ reporter

The United States is working through a formal process to determine whether a Wall Street Journal reporter's detention by Russia is "wrongful", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, adding that in his opinion there was no doubt.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

Blinken says WSJ reporter 'wrongfully detained' by Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has “no doubt” that Russia has wrongfully detained an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was arrested last week on spying allegations

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Some Jews keep a place empty at Seder tables for a jailed journalist in Russia

As Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover, some plan to leave a seat open at their Seders for a Wall Street Journal reporter recently jailed in Russia.

WEKU · Apr 5, 2023

Editorial: Evan Gershkovich is not a spy. He must be freed immediately.

The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich is a top-flight journalist, courageously reporting from Vladimir Putin’s Russia at a time when the Russian leader’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has the world’s attention intently trained on virtually every move Moscow makes.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 5, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: anyone supporting Moscow in conflict is an ‘accomplice’, Macron says during China visit – as it happened

French president and EU leader in Beijing for meeting with Xi Jinping

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2023