by jpitney | Aug 2, 2024 | Russia
The Wall Street Journal released a photo of Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan with the U.S. flag as the three were released from Russia following a larger prisoner swap deal. More: https://t.co/RJDgzKk8zt pic.twitter.com/tiYieuIYI0 — NewsNation...
by jpitney | Jul 11, 2024 | Russia, Social Media, Ukraine, Uncategorized
From DOJ The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. The social...
by jpitney | Jun 8, 2024 | Biden, Foreign Policy, Military, Russia, Ukraine
President Biden observes the 80th anniversary of D-Day: America’s unique ability to bring countries together is an undeniable source of our strength and our power. Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago, and it is not the answer today. We know the dark...
by jpitney | Apr 4, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Reagan, Russia, Ukraine
At Puck, Julia Ioffe interviews Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Your absence was definitely felt at Munich this year and some of your colleagues in the CODEL were saying, “He can’t come, he has a primary fight.” Your...
by jpitney | Mar 29, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
Eliot Brown at WSJ: Evan Gershkovich was supposed to be with his friends in Berlin the first week of April 2023. The Wall Street Journal Russia correspondent was set to stay in an Airbnb in the edgy Neukölln neighborhood, a base to explore the city’s cobble-lined...
by jpitney | Mar 11, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia
It’s Monday, March 11, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023. 348 DAYS AGO. FREE EVAN NOW! Journalism is not a crime! Almunus of NYT, The Moscow Times, & Agence France-Presse.#IStandWithEvan pic.twitter.com/T3HRBtCSSs — Jake...
