American journalist Evan Gershkovich marked the grim milestone of one year in Russian detention on Friday as US efforts have yet to secure his release.
“This has been a really difficult year for our family,” Gershkovich’s sister, Danielle Gershkovich, said at an event last week.
Gershkovich is the first journalist to be arrested on such charges since the Cold War, and the Russian government has yet to provide any evidence to support its claim.
“This verdict to further prolong Evan’s detention feels particularly painful, as this week marks one year since Evan was arrested and wrongfully detained,” US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said Tuesday.
But it is time for the Russian government to let Evan go.”In the past several years, Russia has detained a number of other Americans.
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