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“We must do everything we can to bring him and all other Americans home,” she wrote on Instagram on Sunday (local time) in a message signed by her and her wife Cherelle Griner. Their hearts are “filled with deep concern for Evan and his family”. At the same time, Griner thanked US President Joe Biden and his administration for their efforts to free US citizens imprisoned abroad.
A court in Moscow issued an arrest warrant for the American journalist on Thursday for allegedly spying for the United States. The Wall Street Journal reporter had also been researching Russia’s war against Ukraine. The court announced that he would initially be detained until May 29. Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate release of the reporter in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Sunday. He also called on Russia to release long-detained US citizen Paul Whelan, the US State Department said in Washington.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in early February 2022 and later sentenced to nine years in prison for illegal drug possession and attempted smuggling. She was released in early December as part of a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor But.
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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