'We must do everything in our power to bring him and all Americans home,' said Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle Griner in a joint statement.
to release Gershkovich, the first American correspondent to be detained on spying accusations since the Cold War.
Brittney Griner was detained in Russia for 10 months after being arrested at an airport near Moscow on drug possession charges. She returned to the U.S. in a prisoner exchange in December involving Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.The Griners said in their statement they were grateful for Biden and his administration’s efforts to rescue those being held abroad, noting the recent release of Jeff Woodke more than six years after his kidnapping in Niger and Paul Rusesabagina, a U.S.
The Griners called on their supporters to encourage the administration to do everything possible to bring wrongly detained Americans home. With Russia’s Federal Security Service accusing Gershkovich of trying to obtain classified information, have written to Russia’s U.S. ambassador to express concern Russia is sending the message that reporting inside the country is criminalized.
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