UN ambassador blasts Russia over WSJ’s Gershkovich

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has lambasted Russia over its continued detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held since last year on fictitious espionage charges, reports Alistair Dawber of The Times of London. Dawber reports, “Thomas-Greenfield said Gershkovich was ‘wrongfully detained simply for telling the truth,’ adding: ‘That was Evan’s […]