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☆ Biden swipes at Trump at White House correspondents' dinner
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Megan Lebowitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

US President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington, DC, US on Saturday, April 27, 2024. The president said later that age was the only thing he and Trump had in common, adding, "My vice president actually endorses me," a reference to former Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to say he'll back his former running mate in 2024. President Joe Biden on Saturday used his White House correspondents' dinner speech to swipe at former President Donald Trump , taking shots at the presumptive GOP nominee while highlighting the stakes of the election. US President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, DC, on April 27, 2024. NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Kelly O'Donnell is serving as the White House Correspondents Association's 2023-24 president and presided over the dinner.

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☆ Evan Gershkovich has spent a year behind bars. The Wall Street Journal’s top editor hopes it will be his last
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Emma Tucker is hopeful that by next year Evan Gershkovich will be free. “But my expectation and sincere hope is that this time next year, he will not be imprisoned in Russia,” Tucker said. Tucker’s remarks come as Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Gershkovich being detained by the Vladimir Putin-led country. While Gershkovich sits in a Russian cell, his colleagues at The Journal have done everything in their power to keep his story alive in the press. “He knows that his mom and his dad are pouring over images of him … and I think he knows that.

Persons: Emma Tucker, Evan Gershkovich, ” Tucker, Gershkovich, Tucker’s, Vladimir Putin, Evan ”, Evan, Evan Gershkovich's, “ It’s, Putin, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, didn’t, Tucker, ”, “, … Organizations: New York CNN, Street Journal, Wall, Journal Locations: New York, Russia, Russian, Yekaterinburg, Moscow

☆ Putin is 'stockpiling Americans' in Russian jails to use as currency, The Wall Street Journal's editor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Emma Tucker accused Russia of "stockpiling Americans in its jails" to trade them. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe editor of The Wall Street Journal accused Russia of "stockpiling Americans in its jails in order to be able to trade them at a later date." The Wall Street Journal issued a statement denying the allegations and demanding Gershkovich's immediate release.

Persons: Emma Tucker, Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, —, Evan Gershkovich's Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Street, Business Locations: Russia

CNN —A US-Russian dual citizen has been arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly collecting funds for Ukrainian organizations and openly supporting Kyiv. It also accused the woman of taking part in “public actions in support of the Kyiv regime” while in the US. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the accused,” the statement added. Moscow has detained several US citizens in recent years, some of whom have been exchanged for Russian prisoners held in Western countries. The Moscow City Court on Tuesday rejected Gershkovich’s lawyers appeal and has upheld his pretrial detention until March 30.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, “, Gershkovich, Vladimir Putin, Vadim Krasikov, Natalia Kolesnikova, ” Putin, Tucker Carlson, ”, Brittney, Viktor Bout, Griner, US Marine Paul Whelan Organizations: CNN, Russia’s Federal Security Service, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Embassy, US State Department, Wall Street, Court, Getty, Fox News, basketball, US Marine Locations: Russian, Russia, Los Angeles, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, “, Lefortovo, Germany, Chechen, Berlin, AFP, United States

☆ Putin seemed to name his price for giving back Evan Gershkovich: the freedom of a straight-up murderer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

President Putin suggested a prisoner swap deal for detained American journalist, Evan Gershkovich. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPresident Vladimir Putin said he's open to making a deal for the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is being held in a Moscow prison. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Putin, Evan Gershkovich, Vadim Krasikov, —, Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson Organizations: Service, Fox News, Business Locations: Germany, Moscow

☆ Putin questioned about American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia for more than 300 days
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin was asked about Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Putin said that he believes an agreement between the US and Russia regarding Gershkovich's release can be reached and that the two countries have been in discussions. Advertisement"At the end of the day, it does not make any sense to keep him in prison in Russia," Putin said. While Putin said he would not rule out Gershkovich's release, he appeared to double down on charging the journalist with espionage. In 2020, Paul Whelan, a former US Marine, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after Russia charged him with espionage.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Evan Gershkovich, Tucker Carlson, Putin, Gershkovich, —, Evan Gershkovich's, he'd, Dow Jones, Evan, Paul Whelan Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Street, Fox News, US State Department, Federal Security Service Locations: Moscow, Russian, American, Russia

☆ Detained WSJ Reporter's Sister Urges Biden to Remain Focused on His Release
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

"When we see the news, any news, we're always thinking of it through the lens of what does this mean for Evan? "We just have to continue to ask President Biden to prioritize this and bring Evan home to us." The White House has called the charges "ridiculous" and Biden has said Gershkovich's detention is "totally illegal." Danielle Gershkovich urged people who would like to help bring Evan home to read his stories and post on social media with the #IstandwithEvan hashtag. "We're doing all that we can on our end to keep focus on Evan in the news," she said.

Persons: Humeyra Pamuk, Evan Gershkovich, Biden, Washington, Danielle, Evan, Joe Biden's, we're, U.S . Marine Paul Whelan, Gershkovich, Judith Tai Raanan, Natalie, Danielle Gershkovich, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Wall Street, Reuters, White, U.S . Marine, Friday Locations: Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Moscow, Israel, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Gaza, Chicago

☆ Russian court extends custody of US journalist in 'foreign agent' case
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds Russian and U.S. citizenship, attends a court hearing after being detained on suspicion of failing to register as a "foreign agent," in Kazan, Russia October 20, 2023. Kurmasheva is a Prague-based journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is funded by the U.S. Congress and designated by Russia as a foreign agent, meaning it gets foreign funding for activity deemed to be political. "This appears to be another case of the Russian government harassing U.S. citizens," State Department spokesperson Matt Miller told reporters on Thursday. That contrasted with its reaction after Gershkovich's arrest, when Peskov told reporters, without providing evidence, that the reporter had been "caught red-handed" while trying to obtain military secrets. She was charged a week later with failure to register as a foreign agent, an offence that carries up to five years in prison.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Alexey Nasyrov, Kurmasheva, Edgar Matevosyan, Evan Gershkovich, Matt Miller, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Jeffrey Gedmin, Filipp Lebedev, Mark Trevelyan, Felix Light, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, Russian, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Congress, Reuters, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: Radio Free Europe, Kazan, Russia, American, Prague, Ukraine, Moscow, Washington

☆ Detained reporter Evan Gershkovich's parents describe what it was like seeing him in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich remains “defiant” six months after he was detained in Russia on spying charges, which he and the Journal strenuously deny, his mother told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday night. “And I have to say, under all the circumstances, he’s doing really well.”Gershkovich’s parents have been able to go to Russia twice. In September, a Moscow court refused to hear an appeal against his pre-trial detention, leaving Gershkovich behind bars. His pre-trial detention has been extended twice since his arrest, once in May and again in August. An appeal against his first pre-trial detention was also denied.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, “ He’s, ” Ella Milman, he’s, ”, Cooper, Mikhail Gershkovich, “, ” Gershkovich, Gershkovich’s, ” Milman, Danielle Gershkovich, “ It’s, Evan, Danielle, Gershkovich, Milman, Lynne Tracy Organizations: New, New York CNN, Wall Street Locations: New York, Russia, Soviet Union, United States, Washington, Moscow

☆ U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed reporter Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ambassador Lynne Tracy visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a Moscow prison on Friday, the embassy said, as he prepares for a new appeal next week against his pre-trial detention on spying charges that he denies. Gershkovich was arrested on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that carry up 20 years in prison. Gershkovich is the first U.S. reporter to be accused of spying in Russia since the Cold War. His latest appeal against his detention is due to be heard next Tuesday, but previous ones have been rejected. The United States has designated both men as "wrongfully detained", meaning it considers the charges against them to be bogus and politically motivated.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Evgenia, Lynne Tracy, Gershkovich, Mikhail, Evan, Tracy, Paul Whelan, Mark Trevelyan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Wall Street, UN, U.S, United Nations, United, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Yekaterinburg, U.S, Washington, Ukraine, American, Russian, United States

☆ U.S. Ambassador to Russia Visits Jailed Reporter Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Ambassador Lynne Tracy visited Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a Moscow prison on Friday, the embassy said, as he prepares for a new appeal next week against his pre-trial detention on spying charges that he denies. Gershkovich was arrested on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that carry up 20 years in prison. Gershkovich is the first U.S. reporter to be accused of spying in Russia since the Cold War. This week she also visited Paul Whelan, an American convicted of espionage in 2020 and serving 16 years in a Russian penal colony on spying charges that he too denies. The United States has designated both men as "wrongfully detained", meaning it considers the charges against them to be bogus and politically motivated.

Persons: Lynne Tracy, Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, Mikhail, Evan, Tracy, Paul Whelan, Mark Trevelyan, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Wall Street, UN, U.S, United Nations, United Locations: MOSCOW, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, U.S, Russia, Washington, Ukraine, American, Russian, United States

☆ A little-known Russian spy agency left feces in the suitcases of diplomats as its calling card, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A mysterious Russian spy agency left unsettling calling cards for US targets, the Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Russian Department for Counterintelligence Operations, or DKRO, is a secretive organization that operates under the FSB, Russia's security agency. They know us extremely well," Dan Hoffman, a former Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Moscow, told the Journal. American officials told the Wall Street Journal the DKRO was likely behind the arrest of Gershkovich, who has now been imprisoned in Russia for more than 100 days.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, They've, Dan Hoffman, Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Trevor Reed, Whelan, Reed Organizations: Service, Wall Street Journal, Russian Department for Counterintelligence Operations, Central Intelligence Agency, Wall Street, Journal, American Locations: Russian, Wall, Silicon, American, America, Moscow, Russia

☆ 100 days captive: Journalist Evan Gershkovich is one of my closest friends. Here's what the world needs to know about him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The journalist Evan Gershkovich has been in captivity in Moscow for 100 days on espionage charges. My friend Evan Gershkovich, many of you now know, was captured by the Russian government on March 29. Evan loves his friends. Evan loves the Mets, and he loves Arsenal, and he especially loves sharing those teams with people who aren't already under the spell. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty ImagesLet's bring Evan homeFor everyone who is friends with Evan, for everyone in his orbit, he's the center of their world.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, He's, extrovert who'd, Jeremy Berke, Evan, he'd, Gershkovich, It's, —, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Berke, He'll, we'd, Natalia Kolesnikova, — who've, Let's, we've, We've, he's, I'm, Jeremy Organizations: Moscow, Morning, CNN, Wall Street, Bowdoin College —, New York Times, Russia's, Muscovites, West, Arsenal, Mets, Court, Getty, Columbia Business School Locations: Moscow, Russian, New York, Soviet Union, New Jersey, Russia, Ukraine, Brooklyn, AFP

☆ I know Evan Gershkovich, who has now been imprisoned in Russia for 100 days. Here's what I want you to know about one of my closest friends.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

☆ Russia: US access to detained reporter Gershkovich on reciprocal basis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

July 6 (Reuters) - Russia will allow the U.S. ambassador to Moscow to visit detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich "on a reciprocal basis", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Ambassador Lynne Tracy was able to visit Gershkovich this week for only the second time since he was detained in March on espionage charges, which he, his employer and Washington all deny. Russian embassy staff were given access on the same day to Vladimir Dunaev, a Russian national in pre-trial detention in Ohio on cybercrime charges. The Kremlin said this week there were "certain contacts" with the United States over Gershkovich's case but "they must be carried out and continued in complete silence". Reporting by ReutersOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Maria Zakharova, Lynne Tracy, Vladimir Dunaev Organizations: Wall Street, Foreign, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, U.S, Moscow, Washington, Russian, Ohio, United States

☆ The Kremlin is open to discussions over a potential prisoner swap for detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin has expressed openness to a potential prisoner swap that could involve Evan Gershkovich. Gershkovich, a WSJ reporter, was detained by Russian officials in March on suspicion of espionage. The Journal and the US government have vehemently denied the allegations against Gershkovich. Russia's internal security service at the time said that it had detained Gershkovich, accusing him of "espionage in the interests of the American government." The US has told the Kremlin that Gershkovich is not a spy and is not a government official.

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☆ New hearing due for U.S. reporter Gershkovich, Russia considers U.S. visit request
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich faced a new hearing in Moscow on Thursday over his detention for alleged espionage, and Russia said it was considering a request by the United States to visit him in prison. Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying the request was under consideration. The U.S. ambassador has been able to visit the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter only once since he was arrested in March and accused by the FSB security service of collecting military secrets in the city of Yekaterinburg. They are vehemently denied by the Wall Street Journal, by the U.S. government, by his family. "If I'm being perfectly honest, we don't expect anything to come of this but it's really, really important to go through the process," she said.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Sergei Ryabkov, Emma Tucker, Gershkovich, Tucker, Evan, Mark Trevelyan, Alexander Marrow, Peter Graff Organizations: Wall Street, U.S ., BBC, United, State Department, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, United States, U.S, Yekaterinburg, Washington, Ukraine, American, London

☆ Associated Press, New York Times win Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] The New York Times building is seen in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 3, 2020. Eli Saslow, now with the Times, won the feature writing award for the Post. The annual Pulitzer awards, first presented in 1917, are the most celebrated honors in U.S. journalism. "The Pulitzer Prize board joins the many organizations around the world demanding Evan's immediate release," Brown said. In addition to the international reporting prize, the New York Times took the award for illustrated reporting and commentary.

☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI's Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI’s Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday announced a first round of sanctions targeting Russia and Iran for engaging in hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens abroad. The State Department has formally moved to declare Gershkovich's detention a wrongful one, which opens up additional resources to secure his release. The administration has identified at least two American citizens who are wrongfully detained in Russia and three in Iran, along with one legal permanent U.S. resident. One administration official said relevant families were briefed on the new sanctions ahead of Thursday's announcement. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February, Washington and its allies have imposed rounds of coordinated sanctions vaulting Russia past Iran and North Korea as the world's most-sanctioned country.

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, denies the espionage charges. When asked by the judge if he needed translation, Gershkovich said in Russian that he understood everything. The Kremlin has said Gershkovich, the first U.S. journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War, was caught "red-handed". "He is reading a lot in prison - Russian literature in the original Russian," Nozhkina told Reuters, adding that he was reading Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece "War and Peace" about the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Asked about the prison food, Nozhkina said Gershkovich was being given porridge in the mornings and that the food was normal.

☆ U.S. envoy pays first visit to WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A man walks out of the pre-trial detention centre Lefortovo, where U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich is being held on espionage charges, in Moscow, Russia April 6, 2023. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said on Monday she had made a first visit in jail to Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter accused by Moscow of spying, and had found him to be holding up well. Gershkovich, a respected journalist who was hired by the Wall Street Journal shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine last year, was arrested last month in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. It is the first time since 1986 that an American reporter has been held for alleged espionage in Russia. The United States last week designated Gershkovich as "wrongfully detained", in effect saying that the spy charges were bogus and the case was political.

☆ Russian diplomat says it may be time to reduce number of U.S. reporters in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The United States has urged Russia to release Gershkovich and cast the Russian claims of espionage as ridiculous. The Russian ambassador said that it might be time to reduce the number of American journalists working in Russia. "Perhaps it is the time for us to show reciprocity and reduce the number of American journalists who work in Moscow and in Russia as a whole to the number [of Russian journalists] who work in Washington and New York," Antonov said. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told the United States that Gershkovich was caught red-handed while trying to obtain secrets. The United States on Monday determined that Russia had "wrongfully detained" Gershkovich, effectively saying that espionage charges are bogus and that the case is political.

☆ Russia: Designation of WSJ reporter as wrongfully detained is irrelevant
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 12 (Reuters) - A senior Russian official said on Wednesday that the United States' designation of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as "wrongfully detained" meant nothing to Russia and would not change its approach to his case, the TASS news agency reported. His arrest brought an outcry from the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Joe Biden, other media organisations and rights groups. We will act in accordance with our own internal needs, norms and laws that apply in this situation, and nothing more," TASS quoted Ryabkov as saying. Biden spoke to Gershkovich's family by telephone on Tuesday and said Washington was doing "everything in its power" to secure Gershkovich's release. He is the first American reporter jailed in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War.

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