WNBA star Brittney Griner urges the Biden administration to “use every tool possible” to secure the release of the American journalist being held in Russia on espionage charges.
“Every American who is taken is ours to fight for and every American returned is a win for us all," said Griner, who was released in a high-profile prisoner swap after she was jailed in Russia for most of last year.
His arrest came as tensions between Washington and Moscow deepen over the war in Ukraine and as the KremlinGershkovich is the first journalist from a U.S. news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. The Biden administration said Thursday it was working to secure U.S. consular access to Gershkovich. Speaking at a news conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Vice President Kamala Harris said that the U.S. was “deeply concerned” about the arrest.
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