US Ambassador Met With Evan Gershkovich in Russia as Negotiations Evolve

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 10, 2023. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters

The U.S. ambassador to Russia recently met with Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been detained in the country for more than a year.

In a message posted on X, formerly Twitter, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow announced that ambassador Lynne Tracy met with Mr. Gershkovich, who was arrested on espionage charges by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in March last year.