WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, the American son of Soviet-born Jewish exiles, grew to love Russia. Espionage charges leave him facing a prison sentence of up to 20 years. This is an account of his life and work, available to all readers.
Mr. Gershkovich, 31 years old, is the American son of Soviet-born Jewish exiles who had settled in New Jersey. He fell in love with Russia—its language, the people he chatted with for hours in regional capitals, the punk bands he hung out with at Moscow dive bars. Now, espionage charges leave him facing a possible prison sentence of up to 20 years.that he was spying on behalf of the U.S., and have called for his immediate release. Diplomats and legal experts see little hope Mr.
On Thursday, National Security Council Strategic Coordinator John Kirby said it wasn’t clear if Mr. Gershkovich’s detention was coordinated with Russian leadership or. Last week, a Russian national was charged in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., with acting as an agent of a foreign power, visa fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud and other charges, according to the Justice Department.
This account of Mr. Gershkovich’s life and career is based on conversations with colleagues, family and people he interacted with professionally. His biography traces Mr. Putin’s efforts to rebuild an empire atop the former Soviet Union, a homeland his parents had fled only for their American son to return and wind up in the type of prison they had been taught to fear.Mr. Gershkovich’s fascination with Russia stemmed from his earliest years speaking Russian at home in New York and New Jersey.
He wrote in 2018 about eating macaroni with butter instead of cheese, watching “Nu, pogodi!” a Soviet cartoon about a wolf and a hare instead of “Hey Arnold!,” and speaking Russian instead of English.Both of Mr. Gershkovich’s parents fled the Soviet Union for the U.S. Above: a panorama of the Kremlin.At his public high school in Princeton, Mr. Gershkovich was a top student and avid soccer player who captained the team in his senior year and led it to a state championship.
Mr. Gershkovich hesitated, afraid of leaving a job in the New York Times headquarters. Then he leapt.Arriving in Russia, he joined the Moscow Times, an English-language paper that, though struggling, had long been a training ground for some of the most high-profile Russia correspondents. Mr. Gershkovich joined a team of young journalists who breathed life into the newsroom. “He loved Russia and he wanted to report from here,” said Pjotr Sauer, a Moscow Times colleague now at the Guardian.
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