They've set me up and fabricated this case so that I can be a valuable hostage - a pawn in a greater game. #EvanGershkovich #Journalism #RussiaEspionage
I have no higher priority than bringing Gershkovich home. #EvanGershkovich #Journalism #RussiaEspionage
The US journalist says he realised he was a "a pawn in a greater game" when he was not interrogated or tortured by FSB agents. #EvanGershkovich #Journalism #RussiaEspionage
His face appeared on a large poster in New York's Times Square, and then-American President Joe Biden said that Gershkovich's return home is one of his top priorities. (translated)
At that moment, you realize that the matter is really serious. When it comes to the security service, you know that everything was planned. Gershkovich claims that he quickly understood that the Russian authorities had set him up in order to use him as a valuable hostage in a future exchange. (translated)
Well-known American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia on charges of espionage, but he believes that his case is fabricated to be used as a hostage in a future exchange. (translated)
"nothing was more important" Media organizations around the world reported on this case, his face appeared on a billboard in Times Square, and the then President of the USA, Joe Biden, stated that "nothing was more important" to him than the repatriation of Gershkovich. (translated)
"I realized that they do not treat me like a real spy. They set a trap for me and fabricated this case so that I would be a valuable hostage, a pawn in a bigger game. This means it will take some time, but I will not stay here for 12–20 years." American journalist Evan Gershkovich stated that he knew he was the victim of a setup by Russia when he was arrested by FSB agents and accused of espionage. (translated)
The American journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested by FSB agents in Russia and accused of espionage, stated that he was the victim of a setup and felt relief knowing that he was not treated as a real spy, but as a valuable hostage in a larger geopolitical game. (translated)
He was arrested in Russia in 2023 and later sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges. #EvanGershkovich #Journalism #Russia
The US journalist says he realised he was a "a pawn in a greater game" when he was not interrogated or tortured by FSB agents. #EvanGershkovich #Journalism #FreedPrisoners
"One thought kept coming back: if I don't return to journalism, they win." (translated)
Journalist Evan Gershkovich shares his experience of 16 months in a Russian cell and emphasizes the importance of returning to journalism while preparing for the first Derk Sauer Lecture in Amsterdam. (translated)
It was a system I already knew about; I wrote about the tortures in Russian prisons. I knew that Lefortovo, the prison I ended up in, was considered one of the best. But knowing all that is one thing, and seeing it from the inside is very different. (translated)
Evan Gershkovich, correspondent for 'The Wall Street Journal', recounts his experience of 16 months in a Russian prison after being falsely accused of espionage, highlighting the selectivity of the humane treatment he receives in prison and his new work, This Beautiful Cursed Land, which tells of his odyssey. (translated)
In one of the interviews given in February 2024 to American journalist Tucker Carlson, President Putin stated that the reporter was "caught in the act" while gathering secret information. (translated)
"Putin, as I believe, has completely believed in this narrative." According to Gershkovich, both meetings with the informant were carefully planned by the FSB to convince President Vladimir Putin that the American journalist is a spy. (translated)
Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist, was arrested by the Russian FSB and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony for possessing notes related to tank production, which took place in Yekaterinburg in the spring of 2023. (translated)
jego ojciec, Mikhail, martwił się o jego bezpieczeństwo, gdyż od momentu inwazji Rosji na Ukrainę sytuacja w rodzinnym kraju stała się alarmująca, a wiadomość o jego aresztowaniu przez FSB za rzekome szpiegostwo jedynie pogłębiła ich niepokój i poczucie bezsilności. #EvanGershkovich #Rosja #WojnaUkraina
