Zone1 WSJ publisher calls on Biden to ‘push extra hard’ for Russia to release imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich

[peacefan]

WSJ publisher calls on Biden to ‘push extra hard’ for Russia to release imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour called on President Biden to "push extra hard" for a prisoner exchange or deal that will force Russia to release his paper's reporter Evan Gershkovich — one year after his "wrongful detention" on charges of espionage.

Remote : Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:09:32 -0400
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Fox News also had Leon Panetta on just now, who advocated for going after Russian spies that operate in the US as counter-bargaining-chips in the negotiations over the release of the 75 journalists that the Russians currently hold in their prisons.

i think Panetta had a good point there.

 

[Concerned American]

WSJ publisher calls on Biden to ‘push extra hard’ for Russia to release imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour called on President Biden to "push extra hard" for a prisoner exchange or deal that will force Russia to release his paper's reporter Evan Gershkovich — one year after his "wrongful detention" on charges of espionage.

Remote : Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:09:32 -0400
Local : 2024-03-29(Friday) 16 : 09 : 32
Found via World Headlines on nicer.app

Fox News also had Leon Panetta on just now, who advocated for going after Russian spies that operate in the US as counter-bargaining-chips in the negotiations over the release of the 75 journalists that they currently hold in Russian prisons.

i think Panetta had a good point there.

The vegetable will never do it. The reporter is not a black, lesbian basketball player. He's funny that way. USMC veterans and reporters are not worth his time.

 

[peacefan]

The vegetable will never do it. The reporter is not a black, lesbian basketball player. He's funny that way. USMC veterans and reporters are not worth his time.

if i talk to any President, i'm addressing his/her whole Administration.

 

[DGS49]

Everything is for sale...at the right price.

A competent President who wanted to get this fukker back could do it. We surely have SOMETHING that that bastard wants.

 

[peacefan]

Biden Says "Working Every Day" For US Journalist's Release From Russia
President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. will impose costs for Russia's "appalling attempts" to use Americans as bargaining chips in a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia.
Gershkovich, 32, became the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 last year.
"As I have told Evan's parents, I will never give up hope either. We will continue working every day to secure his release," Biden said in a statement released by the White House that called the journalist's detention "wholly unjust and illegal."
"We will continue to denounce and impose costs for Russia's appalling attempts to use Americans as bargaining chips," Biden added.
The Kremlin said on Thursday complete silence was needed when it came to discussions about possible prisoner exchanges involving Gershkovich.
The reporter, the Journal and the U.S. government all deny he is a spy. The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said Gershkovich had been trying to obtain military secrets.
He has now spent a year at Moscow's high-security Lefortovo prison, which is closely associated with the FSB, and his detention has been extended to June 30.
Top leaders in the U.S. Congress from both parties including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson also issued a joint statement on Friday calling the journalist's arrest baseless and unjust.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Gershkovich's arrest had made Russia's already restrictive media landscape "more oppressive."
In their statements on Friday, Biden and Blinken also condemned the detention of Paul Whelan, an ex-Marine arrested in Moscow in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years in prison on spying charges in 2020. He and the U.S. government deny the charges.
"To Evan, to Paul Whelan, and to all Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad: We are with you. And we will never stop working to bring you home," Biden said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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i stand corrected, Biden Admin.

 

[rampart]

WSJ publisher calls on Biden to ‘push extra hard’ for Russia to release imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour called on President Biden to "push extra hard" for a prisoner exchange or deal that will force Russia to release his paper's reporter Evan Gershkovich — one year after his "wrongful detention" on charges of espionage.

Remote : Fri, 29 Mar 2024 11:09:32 -0400
Local : 2024-03-29(Friday) 16 : 09 : 32
Found via World Headlines on nicer.app

Fox News also had Leon Panetta on just now, who advocated for going after Russian spies that operate in the US as counter-bargaining-chips in the negotiations over the release of the 75 journalists that the Russians currently hold in their prisons.

i think Panetta had a good point there.

i think we should be "going after" russian spies and every other kind.

"journalist" is a great cover for "spy," and if anyone has the mentally declassified list of spies inside russia, that might include putin.