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A picture taken on July 27, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services. "The FSB halted the illegal activities of US citizen Evan Gershkovich... a correspondent of the Moscow bureau of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, accredited with the Russian foreign ministry," the FSB was quoted as saying. He is "suspected of spying in the interests of the American government" and of collecting information "on an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex," agencies reported. (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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A United States government initiative to put pressure on Russia to release Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich was launched on Monday, when the State Department declared him to have been “wrongfully detained” after his arrest by Russian security forces last month.

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U.S. President Joe Biden declines to comment after reporters question him about the criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump as Biden departs the White House on March 31, 2023 in Washington, DC. Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, to tour the community that was devastated by a tornado last week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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President Joe Biden has pleaded with Russia on Friday to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage allegations.