“Journalism is not a crime, and we will not rest until he’s released,” Dow Jones leadership says in a statement
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in Russia on Friday and sentenced to 16 years on charges that the U.S. has vehemently denied.
The sentencing has possibly opened the doors for a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia. Gershkovich has been detained for over a year.
“The totality of the evidence presented to the court was sufficient to render a guilty verdict,” Judge Andrei N.
