Evan Gershkovich
“It says a lot about the United States that we work relentlessly to free Americans who are unjustly held around the world,” U.S. President Joe Biden said.
U.S. President Joe Biden said that Gershkovich was “targeted because he is a journalist and an American.”
The president said he went “to do his job as a reporter—risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine.”
Former “Fox News” host Tucker Carlson spoke with Russia’s leader via X.
Russia has held “The Wall Street Journal” reporter and the Marine veteran on trumped-up charges.
Former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky also sent his personal greeting for the Jewish New Year.
Lawyers for “The Wall Street Journal” reporter, imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, will deliver them.
“The Wall Street Journal” writer has been detained in Russia since March on espionage charges.
Participants will be urged to sign a petition urging the U.S. State Department to bring him back from Russia.
The Moscow-based reporter was arrested in Russia on what many believe to be unjust charges.