Roughly 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed a letter calling for the release of a Wall Street Journal detained in Russia on unsubstantiated charges of espionage.
The Federal Security Service, or FSB, arrested Evan Gershkovich last week and said he was caught red-handed.
The journalists’ letter says the Russian government manufactured espionage charges to justify a 22-year prison term for another journalist, Ivan Safronov. They believe the government detained him because of his work, and the pattern is playing out again. The White House used a prisoner swap to get U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner out of the U.S. last year.
The State Department summoned the Russian ambassador to the U.S. for a March 30 meeting over Mr. Gershkovich’s case.
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