Russian Journalists Rally for Release of Detained WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich

Over 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed an open letter demanding the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Moscow last week. Russia has accused Gershkovich without evidence of spying for the U.S. government. The U.S. government and the Journal have forcefully rejected allegations by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that Gershkovich was collecting intelligence on a defense enterprise. The letter’s authors called the charges against Gershkovich “preposterous and unjust” and said the FSB was simply expecting the world to take it at its word.