US ‘pressing for release of reporter who has spent 100 days in Russian jail’

Mr Sullivan said he also spoke with Mr Gershkovich’s family representatives and Wall Street Journal officials on Friday about the status of the case and the administration’s efforts to win his release

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in April (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

The US has been in contact with Russian officials to press for the release of Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

It comes as Friday marked the 100th day of the journalist being detained by the Russian government.