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Opinion: End a Reporter’s Year-Long Nightmare in Russia: Free Evan Gershkovich Now
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At NY Hostage Rally, Demonstrators Wear Batman Masks to Honor 4-Year-Old Captive
500 attend march at Central Park to coincide with Purim festival; in Hasidic neighborhoods of Brooklyn, festive celebrations touched by war, with children dressing as…
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Gershkovich Team Continues Fight to Free WSJ Reporter from Russian Jail
Tags: Evan GershkovichThe U.S.-based team working to win the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich from a Russian jail is eyeing the approach of the anniversary of…
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Evan Gershkovich Remains Strong after Year in Moscow Prison, U.S. Envoy Says
Tags: Evan GershkovichWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is holding up well despite spending nearly a year in a Moscow prison, the U.S. embassy said after ambassador…
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Russia Must Face Consequences for Imprisonment of Wall Street Journal Reporter, Lawyer Says
Tags: Evan GershkovichRussia must face consequences for its detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a lawyer for the newspaper said Thursday as the journalist approaches…
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Evan Gershkovich Sister Describes Agonizing Year as Grim Milestone of His Imprisonment Approaches
Tags: Evan Gershkovich‘This has been a really difficult year for his family,’ Danielle Gershkovich said
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Tatarstan Court Cancels Fine of Activist Who Supported Detained RFE/RL Journalist
Tags: Alsu KurmashevaThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has canceled a lower court ruling to fine sociologist Iskander Yasaveyev for holding a poster demanding the…
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Evan Gershkovich ‘Holding Up Well’ Says US Ambassador after Prison Visit
Tags: Evan GershkovichThe Wall Street Journal reporter is ‘strong and resilient’ ahead of the one-year anniversary of his arrest by Russia
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American Spy Suspect Paul Whelan Had Russian ‘State Secrets’ on USB Stick
Tags: Paul WhelanAccording to Whelan’s Russian lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, the American was in possession of sensitive Russian information at the time of his arrest last month. “I…
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Evan Gershkovich Has Been Jailed in Russia for a Full Year. What Will It Take to Free Him?
Tags: Evan GershkovichNearly a year ago, Russian authorities detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges while he was on a reporting assignment in the…
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RFE/RL Journalist Marks 5 Months in Russian Prison
Tags: Alsu KurmashevaAmerican journalist Alsu Kurmasheva marked five months in Russian detention on Monday – a grim milestone that her family hoped she would never see.
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Opinion: A Year Ago Russia Jailed Evan Gershkovich for Doing Journalism. He’s Still There
Tags: Evan GershkovichHe is the first American journalist to be accused of espionage since the cold war, though Evan certainly is no spy. The Biden administration has…