Evan Gershkovich: Biden ‘working every day’ to free WSJ reporter held in Russia

Wall Street Journal marks first anniversary of reporter’s detention with largely blank front page headlined ‘His story should be here’

Joe Biden on Friday said the US was working every day to secure the release of Evan Gershkovich on the first anniversary of the 32-year-old Wall Street journalist’s detention in Russia on charges of spying that he and the US government vehemently reject.

“Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter – risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine,” Biden said in a statement on Friday.