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Some Jews keep a place empty at Seder tables for a jailed journalist in Russia

As Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover, some plan to leave a seat open at their Seders for a Wall Street Journal reporter recently jailed in Russia.

WEKU

Editorial: Evan Gershkovich is not a spy. He must be freed immediately.

The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich is a top-flight journalist, courageously reporting from Vladimir Putin’s Russia at a time when the Russian leader’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has the world’s attention intently trained on virtually every move Moscow makes.

Chicago Tribune

Jailed WSJ reporter in Russia files appeal as US pushes for his release

American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested and charged with espionage in Russia last week, has appealed against his pre-trial detention through his lawyers, as Washington said it was "pushing hard" to secure his release.

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Lawyers for US journalist held in Russia on spying charges ‘file appeal’

A Moscow district court says it has received documents relating to arrest of the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich

The Guardian - UK

Jailed US reporter's defense appeals his arrest

A court in the Russian capital says that lawyers for an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal arrested in Russia on espionage charges have appealed his arrest

The Independent UK

Analysis-Russia's arrest of reporter deepens Biden's detainee challenge

Even before Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday, the Biden administration was at an impasse over another American held by Moscow: Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine serving a 16-year sentence in a Russian prison.

Reuters

McDonald's reportedly closes U.S. offices in advance of layoffs

McDonald's said it would deliver staffing notices virtually due to the increased amount of personal travel for the week of April 3.

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Brittney Griner calls for the release of an American reporter detained in Russia

Reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained Wednesday on espionage charges. Griner was released from a Russian prison in December and has advocated for the release of Americans detained abroad.

WEKU

Editors sign letter condemning ‘unjust’ arrest of US journalist in Russia

Signed by 38 senior news figures from around the world, the letter criticises the Kremlin’s ‘anti-press’ detention of Evan Gershkovich

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner urges Biden to bring home reporter Gershkovich, accused of spying in Russia

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who was freed from a Russian penal colony in a prisoner exchange last year, has urged the Biden administration to keep using "every tool possible" to win the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying in Russia.

Reuters

My friend Evan Gershkovich is no spy. Just a brave reporter jailed in Moscow

The US journalist arrested last week is the first to be accused of espionage in Russia since the cold war

The Guardian - UK

American Ramble review: a riveting tale of the divided United States

Neil King Jr, once of the Wall Street Journal, walked from Washington to New York. His account of the journey is essential

The Guardian - US

Wall Street Journal Demands Immediate Release of Reporter Arrested in Russia

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday demanded the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow-based correspondent who was arrested on suspicion of spying. "Evan's case is a vicious affront to a free press, and should spur outrage in all free people and governments throughout the world, the newspaper said in…

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Wall Street Journal demands immediate release of reporter arrested in Russia

The Wall Street Journal on Saturday demanded the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow-based correspondent who was arrested by Russia's FSB security service on suspicion of spying.

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Nobel-winning Russian editor: "I know Gershkovich, he's no spy"

A Nobel prize-winning Russian journalist said on Friday he did not believe that arrested American reporter Evan Gershkovich was a spy, and that he hoped diplomacy could bring about his quick release.

The Guardian - US

The arrest of an American journalist in Russia is awful. For me, it’s also painfully personal

‘Evan,’ I said out loud in my hotel room. In that moment, this news story moved out of the realm of professional dismay and into the intensely personal

Evening Standard

Who is Evan Gershkovich, the US reporter imprisoned in Russia?

The Wall Street Journal reporter could face up to 20 years in prison after the FSB accused him of ‘collecting classified information’

Tribune News Service

Mark Gongloff: Come to Florida for the low taxes, stay for the climate disaster

Fort Myers, Florida, was America’s seventh-fastest-growing city, more than doubling in size during the three decades before Hurricane Ian crashed into it last September. The Category 4 storm laid waste to the area before slashing through the heart of the state. But the storm clouds had barely parted before house…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's Isolation over Ukraine Grows with US Reporter Arrest, NATO Expansion

Russia has charged an American journalist with spying while Finland moved closer to becoming a NATO member, deepening tensions between Moscow and the West as the war in Ukraine reached its 400th day on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke in his Thursday evening video address of the "tremendous path"…

Al Jazeera

‘Sad day for America’: NYT, WSJ react to Trump’s indictment

Big-name US newspapers give mixed reaction to historic indictment of former president.

Reuters

Russia arrests US reporter on spy charges, White House says allegations 'ridiculous'

(This March 30 story has been corrected to remove paragraph 10, which incorrectly referred to Daniil Berman as a lawyer representing Evan Gershkovich and gave his comments regarding court proceedings.)

The New Daily

Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on spy charges in Russia

Russia has charged a US correspondent for the Wall Street Journal with spying, the first time this has happened since the Cold War.

Daily Mirror

Russia's arrest of US reporter is a 'retaliation' as Putin's man rules out quick swap

The case against The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia, could be used as a 'trump card' for exchange of prisoners with the US, a Russian lawyer claimed

The Independent UK

Watch: White House press briefing after Russia arrests US journalist

Karine Jean-Pierre delivered a White House press briefing on Thursday, 30 March, after Russia arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter in Moscow on espionage charges.

The Guardian - US

US condemns arrest of WSJ journalist as Russia accused of ‘hostage taking’

US secretary of state Antony Blinken issues strongly worded statement after arrest of Evan Gershkovich

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