Ambassador Lynne Tracy met with detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Monday in Russia, the first time an American official has been granted access to him.
Gershkovich was arrested in March on espionage allegations that he and the U.S. government deny. The United States has been unable, up until this time, to visit the detained reporter."I visited [Wall Street Journal reporter] Evan Gershkovich today at Lefortovo Prison — the first time we've been permitted access to him since his wrongful detention more than two weeks ago. He is in good health and remains strong.
The designation, Carstens said last week, “by force of law obligates the United States of America to seek a wrongfully detained American’s release. And that's what we're doing right now. My office is working closely with the National Security Council at the White House to find those paths that will bring Evan home.”
On the same day Tracy visited with Gershkovich, Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment after being found guilty of treason and other offenses relating to his criticism of the war. The U.S. and other Western countries immediately denounced his sentence. Another American, Paul Whelan, is also considered wrongfully detained in Russia, and he too was convicted of espionage, a charge that he and the Biden administration deny. In 2020, Whelan was given a sentence of 16 years in prison.
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