Congressional leaders release rare joint statement slamming Gershkovich’s detention in Russia on first anniversary

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Congressional leaders release rare joint statement slamming Gershkovich’s detention in Russia on first anniversary

Congressional leaders are slamming the Russian government’s detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich in a rare joint statement issued Friday, marking a year since his captivity began. “Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin’s government. We continue to condemn his baseless…