Biden ‘working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia’

Biden ‘working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia’
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich (Dmitry Serebryakov/AP)

On the one-year anniversary of the Russian detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Joe Biden said the US is working every day to secure his release.

“Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine,” Mr Biden said in a statement.

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