“We need to make sure he feels he’s not alone, he’s not forgotten.' A friend of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich speaks out.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated handout image taken in an unknown location.The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich felt “slight unease” about reporting in Russia, but believed it was his professional duty to remain in the country to “tell the world what was going on,” his close friend, Pjotr Sauer, said in an interview with ABC News’ Kanya Whitworth.
Gershkovich was arrested nearly two weeks ago in Russia on espionage charges that the U.S. adamantly denies. On Monday, the State Department officially designated the Moscow-based journalist as wrongfully detained, and a top U.S. hostage negotiator is now on the case. President Joe BidenPresident Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Northern Ireland, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 11, 2023.
“No one could imagine Russia would go this far and accuse him of these bogus charges of espionage,” Sauer said. MORE: Who is Evan Gershkovich? What friends say about the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia
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