Before flying to Belfast, Joe Biden once again castigated the arrest in Russia of an American journalist on Tuesday for espionage, believing that the Kremlin had "
exceeded the limits
".
The arrest of Evan Gershkovich, journalist for the Wall Street Journal, was announced on March 30 by the Russian security services.
His arrest is "
totally illegal
", further estimated the American president.
He said he had tried unsuccessfully to reach the jailed reporter's family on Monday, and would try again "
from the plane
" en route to Belfast, where he was going to commemorate the signing 25 years ago of the peace accords. said peace of Good Friday.
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“Arbitrary” detention
The State Department officially determined on Monday that Mr. Gershkovich was "
arbitrarily detained by Russia
", according to the head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken, which makes it possible to entrust the file to the special envoy for the hostages, Roger Carstens, and to allocate specific funds to him.
Evan Gershkovich, an experienced journalist, and his newspaper "
categorically
" denied the charges of "
espionage
".
