Biden condemns Russia's illegal detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been declared "wrongfully detained" by Secretary of State Antony Blinken after being arrested by Russian authorities on charges of espionage. Putin may have been looking to deter other reporters from doing their jobs by declaring Gershkovich a foreign spy. Under the new, stricter version of the law, anyone looking too closely at anything regarding state secrets is a criminal, including journalists and other professionals. The arrest of Gershkovich may be seen as a message that the law applies to foreign journalists as well.