McConnell, Schumer Condemn Detention of US Journalist in Russia

Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader( D – N. Y. ) in opposition to Russia’s detention’s of an American journalist, along with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell( R-Ky. ).

In a joint statement published on April 7, the two stated that they” strongly condemn the unlawful confinement of U.S. member and Wall Street Journal columnist Evan Gershkovich and demand the immediate distribution of this worldwide known and respected independent columnist.”

They join President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Prime Ministers Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom and Justin Trudeau of Canada in calling for Gershkovich’s release’s.

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted Mr. Gershkovich permission to work as a columnist in Russia. The announcement from Schumer and McConnell continues,” Since his arrest, Russian officials have failed to present any plausible evidence to support their fabricated prices.”

There is no mistaking the fact that media is not a murder.

The Federal Security Service ( FSB ) of Russia detained Gershkovich on March 29 in Yekaterinburg, an eastern city. The FSB is the KGB’s successor’s in the Soviet era.

According to the FSB, he” acted at the American side’s request’s” to get” information constituting a condition secret about the actions of an organisation within the Russian military-industrial diverse.”

Since the Cold War, an British journalist has been detained in Russia on spy prices for the first time since his arrest.

According to Russian television, Gershkovich was officially charged with spying on April 7 on behalf of the US. They claim he has vehemently refuted the charges. If found guilty, he might receive a two-ten year jail term.

Gershkovich still hasn’t had entry to the U.S. president, according to Schumer and McConnell’s instruction. They described that circumstance as being against” standard political practice” and” most in violation of international law.”

According to the Russian news agency Tass, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed the diarist was” caught red-handed.”

About Gershkovich

Gershkovich, 31, was a Soviet Jew who was born in the US.