“We appreciate today’s phone call from President Biden, who assured us that the US government is doing everything in its power to bring him back home as soon as possible,” the family of the journalist imprisoned in Russia said.
The family of the American journalist of the Wall Street Journal Evan Gerskovich, who is detained in Russia on suspicion of “espionage”, announced today that he contacted the President of the United States Joe Biden by phone.
“We appreciate today’s phone call from President Biden, who assured us that the US government is doing everything in its power to bring him back home as soon as possible,” the family of the journalist imprisoned in Russia said.
Earlier, President Biden had said he tried unsuccessfully on Monday to contact the jailed journalist’s family and would try again during his flight to Belfast, where he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace agreement. which brought an end to years of bloodshed in Northern Ireland.
The US president once again criticized the arrest of the American journalist, calling it “completely illegal”.
The WSJ reporter was arrested on March 29 in Yekaterinburg by men from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). He will remain in custody until May 29 and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage.
The US Department of State officially described yesterday Monday the detention of Evan Gerskovich as “illegal”, thus assigning the file of the case to the special envoy for hostage cases, Roger Carstens. This development “changes the dynamic”, argued President Biden.
Source :Skai
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