The State Department designated Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested by Russian security services last month, as “wrongfully detained,” launching a broad U.S. government effort to exert pressure on Russia to free him.

The State Department designated Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested by Russian security services last month, as “wrongfully detained,” launching a broad U.S. government effort to exert pressure on Russia to free him. https://ift.tt/HEKJ6t9