Demand for Release of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich from Russian Detention Grows

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has demanded the immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on dubious spying charges. Blinken pushed for the 31-year-old reporter’s urgent liberation in a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Gershkovich was arrested last week after Russian authorities accused him of espionage while he was reporting in the city of Yekaterinburg. An ominous tweet Gershkovich posted in July — eight months before he was detained — foreshadowed his terrifying fate. He’s the first reporter since 1986 to be criminally charged with spying in Russia.