US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said US Ambassador to Moscow Lynn Tracy visited American journalist Ivan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on charges of espionage.
Blinken confirmed, quoting Tracy, that journalist Ivan Gershkovich was in good physical and psychological condition.
Blinken added during a press conference held shortly after the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Japan, “Ambassador Tracy was able to visit Gershkovich in a prison in Moscow, and I can only say, based on the information provided to me by the ambassador, that he is in good physical and psychological condition under the circumstances.” At this time, we continue to call for his immediate release.
On March 30, the Russian FSB announced the arrest in Yekaterinburg of American journalist Ivan Gershkovich, a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Moscow, on suspicion of spying for the US government.
According to Russian intelligence, Gershkovich collected classified information about the activities of a company affiliated with the Russian military-industrial complex, and the Lefortovo Court of Moscow extended his detention by two months.
For her part, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that Gershkovich’s activities in Yekaterinburg have nothing to do with the press, noting that this is not the first time that foreigners in Russia pretend to be correspondents, entry visas and journalistic accreditations. to cover other activities.
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