US President Joe Biden has called the detention and subsequent arrest for espionage in Russia of The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich completely unlawful.
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He told media staff before flying to Ireland.
“We are making it clear that what is happening is completely illegal,” the US president claims.
Biden’s words are quoted by RIA Novosti, citing the White House pool.
Earlier, the US State Department had given Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia, the status of “wrongfully held”.
Evan Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg on 30 March. According to the Russian Federal Security Service, he was collecting information about the activities of a Russian military-industrial complex company at the request of the US.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitriy Peskov stressed that the journalist had been caught red-handed.
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