Elena Cherney of the Wall Street Journal, Valerie Hopkins of the New York Times, David Rohde of the New Yorker, Gulnoza Said of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Max Seddon of the FT will discuss Evan Gershkovich’s detainment in Moscow and his reporting.
In late March, Russia detained Gershkovich, a 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, on accusations of espionage, a patently false claim. It is the first time Russia has brought a spy case against an overseas reporter since the Cold War. His arrest has been widely condemned by the Biden administration, press-freedom groups and news organizations, which have called on Russia to release him immediately.
Gershkovich is a dedicated reporter who was accredited by the Russian foreign ministry and had reported extensively from the ground in Russia over the last year. His arrest follows a clear pattern of hostage-taking by the Putin government: It has only released Americans detained in Russia after their convictions—which in some cases have taken years—and in exchange for Russians held in the U.S.
This event is sponsored by the Simon and June Li Center for Global Reporting and the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at Columbia Journalism School.
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