US Embassy officials in Moscow are still being denied the ability to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich two weeks after he was arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying.
US Embassy officials in Moscow are still being denied the ability to visit Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich — two weeks after he was arrested in Russia on accusations of spying, a report said Tuesday.
by the State Department on Monday — a designation that gives the US government greater authority to push for his release and regular consular access. “This issue is being worked out and will be resolved, taking into account the existing consular practices and our legislation,” she said. Almar Latour, the WSJ’s publisher, said last week that company lawyers have been able to meet with Gershkovich in prison.“The ministry did provide notification of detention but they still have not provided consular access,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told the Journal on Monday.
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