U.S. Ambassador visits detained Wall St. Journal reporter in Russia

America’s ambassador to Russia met with detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich this week. Monday’s visit to Gershkovich by U-S Ambassador Lynne Tracey was the first such visit since April. The reporter is behind bars in Russia on espionage charges. Last week a Moscow court upheld a ruling to keep him in custody until the end of August. Gershkovich and his employer denied the allegations, and the U-S government declared him to be wrongfully detained.