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WSJ after arrest of correspondent Gershkovich calls for the expulsion of the Russian ambassador and all Russian journalists from the United States

After the arrest of its correspondent Evan Gershkovich in Russia in a spy case, the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal calls on the American authorities to expel the Russian ambassador and all Russian journalists from the country.
“The Biden administration will have to consider diplomatic and political escalation. The expulsion of the Russian ambassador to the United States, as well as all Russian journalists working here, is the minimum that can be counted on,” the WSJ editorial said in a statement.
Recall that on March 30 it became known that the FSB in Yekaterinburg arrested the American journalist Evan Gershkovich. The WSJ correspondent was suspected of having collected secret state documents on a Russian defense industry company.
Later, the Lefortovo court in Moscow arrested Gershkovich. The court chose a measure of restraint for the American journalist in the form of detention until May 29, 2023. The Gershkovich case is marked “top secret”. The WSJ correspondent does not acknowledge the spying allegations. On this charge (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), he faces up to 20 years in prison.The WSJ message calls for the expulsion of the Russian ambassador and all Russian journalists from the United States after the arrest of correspondent Gershkovich, who

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