Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich wrote to his family that he is “not losing hope” and joked with his mother about prison food in his first letter to them since being arrested last m…
Imprisoned Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich said he is “not losing hope” and joked about prison food in a letter to his family — his first since being arrested last month in Russia on espionage charges. Wall Street Journal reported
The handwritten letter, dated April 5, was received by the family nine days later. It marks their first direct contact with Gershkovich, 31, since hisIn it, he gently teased his mom, Ella Milman, about the fare he’s been served while being held in a Russian prison. Gershkovich also joked about a care package of socks, toiletries, writing materials and slippers he received in prison from friends. Gershkovich has had supervised visits with Russian lawyers but none so far from US embassy officials, the newspaper reported.
“We continue to seek consular access that has not yet been granted. It needs to be. This is a Russian obligation, and so we’re looking to that,”Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a news conference in Vietnam on Saturday demanded that Russia allow US officials to meet with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.“We continue to call for his immediate release, and certainly we need to see consular access now,” he continued.
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