U.S. efforts to gain consular access to Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russian authorities last week, remain unsuccessful, the White House said. Moscow has accused the 31-year-old of espionage, a charge that Washington and his employer have repeatedly rejected. “We need to get consular access to Evan,” White House spokesman John Kirby said Thursday, adding that the issue was being continually brought up through the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
Andrew Jeong
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