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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday, the Biden administration was at an impasse over another American held by Moscow: Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian prison.
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday, the Biden administration...
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday, the Biden administration...
Western allies and others throughout the world are increasingly isolating russia, and so russia responding in increasingly provocative ways. a senior administration official saying for the moment the white house has been in touch with "the wall street journal" to learn more about the case. "the wall street journal" itself saying in a statement that they vehemently deny the fsb allegations and seek the immediate release of their sbrep intrepid reporter. i want to bring in tom firestone, a former resident legal adviser to the u.s. embassy in moscow. if you're behind closed doors here at the u....
Arrived in the netherlands. he was taken off the plane and sent back to brazil. he had a brazilian passport. there may be interesting on the russian side getting and getting a hold of him. and so this might be a gambit to try to get ahold of him. it's really an escalation, though, to pick an accredited journalist, understandably okay, he's around military facilities, but he's doing his job. he's accredited by our government is accredited by the russian foreign ministry. he should not have been nabbed. what do you think, tom and bring us behind the scenes because you used to work at the us emba...