U-S Ambassador Visits Jailed WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich

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The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday, a week after a Russian court upheld an extension of his pretrial detention, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen who was accredited by Russia’s Foreign Ministry to work as a journalist in the country, was detained by agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, while on a reporting trip in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on March 29. He is being held on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny.

Tuesday’s visit is the fifth to Gershkovich by U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy since the reporter was detained.

There was no immediate comment from Tracy regarding her visit with Gershkovich. Following her last visit on Sept. 15, the U.S. Embassy released a statement saying that “he remains strong and is keeping up with the news.”