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.