[New post] Newsline: U.S. ambassador to Russia says jailed reporter is in good health

diplomaticbriefing posted: " U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage. Tracy, who last visited Gershkovich in early July, reported tha" Diplomatic Briefing Newsline: U.S. ambassador to Russia says jailed reporter is in good health diplomaticbriefing Aug 15 U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage. Tracy, who last visited Gershkovich in early July, reported that the 31-year-old "appears in good health and remains strong, despite his very challenging circumstances," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. "Embassy officials will continue to provide all appropriate support to Evan and his family. And we expect Russian authorities to provide continued consular access." (https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-15/russia-jailed-wsj-reporter-gershkovich-good-health) Patel repeated U.S. demands that Russia free Gershkovich and "fellow wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan," who was arrested in 2018 and was sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in prison for espionage. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Diplomatic Briefing. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://diplomaticbriefing.com/2023/08/15/newsline-u-s-ambassador-to-russia-says-jailed-reporter-is-in-good-health/

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