President Biden emphasized that he is serious about securing the return of Russia-detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
President Biden stressed Thursday that he is “serious” about securing the return of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held by Russian authorities since late March.
“I’m serious on a prisoner exchange,” Biden said during a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland alongside that country’s president, Sauli Niinistö
“And I’m serious about doing all we can to free Americans being illegally held in Russia or anywhere else for that matter, and that process is underway,” the commander-in-chief added.
Gershkovich was detained March 29 in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges that the US government and Wall Street Journal have both vehemently denied.
The 31-year-old has been held in Russia for 106 days and is the first American journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since 1986.
