Congressional Leaders Decry Russia’s Continued Detention of Wall Street Journal Reporter

Published on March 29, 2024

The leadership in the House and Senate released a statement on March 29 on the one-year anniversary of the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia. “Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin’s government. We continue to condemn his baseless arrest, fabricated charges, and unjust imprisonment,” wrote Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). “Forty-five years ago, Evan’s parents, Ella and Mikhail Gershkovich, found refuge in the United States after fleeing the Soviet Union,” they continued. “Today, Putin is restoring Soviet-style control through repression at home and aggression abroad....

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