The Biden administration has condemned the detention of a Wall Street Journal reporter by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on March 30 that the targeting of American citizens by the Russian government is unacceptable and that the United States strongly condemns the detention of reporter Evan Gershkovich.
Kirby went on to say that President Joe Biden has been briefed on the situation and has spoken with Gershkovich’s family and employer. He also told reporters that the U.S. embassy in Moscow is seeking consular access to the detainee.
The FSB, the main internal security and counterintelligence organization that succeeded the Soviet-era KGB, said on March 29 that it had detained the journalist stationed in Moscow, in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains, around 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) east of Moscow….