Posted on Sep 30, 2023
It's been 6 months since Evan Gershkovich's detainment in Russia
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Six months ago, the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was on a reporting assignment in Russia when he was seized and charged with espionage.
If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. The Wall Street Journal says he’s a journalist, not a spy.
We hear from Elena Cherney, one of Evan’s colleagues at the Wall Street Journal.
If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in a Russian penal colony. The Wall Street Journal says he’s a journalist, not a spy.
We hear from Elena Cherney, one of Evan’s colleagues at the Wall Street Journal.
It's been 6 months since Evan Gershkovich's detainment in Russia
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Spying
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."Gershkovich’s alma maters showed support this week, as the Princeton High School boy’s soccer team that Gershkovich once captained to a championship scored a last-minute victory during a game played in his honor Tuesday. A WSJ reporter overheard a player brag, "We did it for Evan," after the victory.
The team warmed up #IStandWithEvan shirts, and people packed in the stands wearing "Free Evan" buttons.
"Evan never had a bad day. He persevered through everything. We won everything you can win in New Jersey soccer. My hope is that he still has that resolve," Wayne Sutcliffe, who was Gershkovich's high school soccer coach, said after the game.
Bowdoin College also honored Gershkovich with a panel discussion about his work as a journalist, his life as a student and the challenges facing independent journalism. The panel, "Journalism is Not a Crime," was coordinated by Gershkovich’s college classmates and friends, Linda Kinstler and Nora Biette-Timmons and featured WSJ Washington bureau chief Paul Beckett.
Kinstler said that the group has been sending Gershkovich books and letters on a regular basis.
"We’re just trying to do everything we can to make his life better in these horrible circumstances," Kinstler told the WSJ.
Sauer estimated his friend has received more than 3,000 letters since he was imprisoned."
..."Gershkovich’s alma maters showed support this week, as the Princeton High School boy’s soccer team that Gershkovich once captained to a championship scored a last-minute victory during a game played in his honor Tuesday. A WSJ reporter overheard a player brag, "We did it for Evan," after the victory.
The team warmed up #IStandWithEvan shirts, and people packed in the stands wearing "Free Evan" buttons.
"Evan never had a bad day. He persevered through everything. We won everything you can win in New Jersey soccer. My hope is that he still has that resolve," Wayne Sutcliffe, who was Gershkovich's high school soccer coach, said after the game.
Bowdoin College also honored Gershkovich with a panel discussion about his work as a journalist, his life as a student and the challenges facing independent journalism. The panel, "Journalism is Not a Crime," was coordinated by Gershkovich’s college classmates and friends, Linda Kinstler and Nora Biette-Timmons and featured WSJ Washington bureau chief Paul Beckett.
Kinstler said that the group has been sending Gershkovich books and letters on a regular basis.
"We’re just trying to do everything we can to make his life better in these horrible circumstances," Kinstler told the WSJ.
Sauer estimated his friend has received more than 3,000 letters since he was imprisoned."
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