"It's repression": Baiden reacted to the arrest of a WSJ journalist in

The arrest of 31-year-old Evan Gershkovich has become a diplomatic conflict between Moscow and Washington. The journalist faces up to 20 years in prison, he is accused of espionage. US President Joe Biden knows about the detention of the journalist of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) by Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage. The White House considers all the accusations unfounded, the spokeswoman of the department Karin Jean-Pierre said at a briefing.

The employees of the Russian FSB detained 31-year-old Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg and accused the information about the enterprise of the military-industrial complex. The journalist worked at the WSJ Moscow Bureau, he wrote about events in Russia. "All accusations of espionage are absolutely meaningless. The persecution of Americans in Russia by authorities is unacceptable. We condemn this, as well as all persecution and repression of journalists in the Russian Federation," she said.

The US Embassy in Moscow has already asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to provide the detained consular assistance, she added. Law enforcement officers study all the circumstances of the detention of a journalist, a citizen of the state. The White House representative calls on Americans not to go to Russia, and those who are there should leave immediately. "Americans should not be in Russia. It's just dangerous," Jean Pierre summed up.

A similar call was voiced on March 30, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. States are deeply concerned about Hershkovich's detention, he said. The WSJ editorial stresses that Gershkovich's detention is the first such case since the Cold War. The arrest of a 31-year-old Russian-speaking Gershkovich, whose parents came to the United States from the Soviet Union, turned into a diplomatic conflict between Moscow and Washington, the newspaper reported.

Gershkovich was accredited as a journalist in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. He was arrested until May 29, the journalist will be aware of the Lefortovo detention center. According to Roszma, Gershkovich allegedly collected information about the activities of Ural defense enterprises. Under Article 276 (espionage) of the Criminal Code of Russia, the journalist threatens up to 20 years in prison.

The Kremlin Prescribe Dmitry Peskov spoke at a briefing that the American was "detained at the crime scene. " The last foreign journalist was accused of espionage in the USSR on August 30, 1986. Then in Moscow, KGB staff arrested US News & World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff. The 40th US President Ronald Reagan considered this arrest for detention for detention in New York to the USSR representative office at the UN Gennady Zakharov, who was also suspected of espionage.