2023-07-14 08:27:24
The United States wants to enter into a prisoner swap with Russia to secure the release of detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, US President Joe Biden said Thursday.
“I am serious about doing everything we can to free Americans who are illegally detained in Russia or elsewhere, and that process is ongoing,” Biden said at a press conference in Helsinki, report. the American media.
Evan Gershkovich, a US citizen accredited to work as a journalist in Russia, was arrested March 29 on espionage charges.
The Biden administration says Gershkovich is not a spy and has never worked for the government.
The White House has indicated in recent days that talks with Russia over possible prisoner exchanges have yet to reach a conclusion for Gershkovich or other Americans ‘wrongly’ detained in Russia, including Paul Whelan, a prisoner. business who was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2020 for espionage.
The Kremlin said earlier this month that Russia was in contact with the United States over prisoner swaps.
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