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Inside the WSJ’s ‘very intense’ effort to free Evan Gershkovich
Inside the WSJ’s ‘very intense’ effort to free Evan Gershkovich
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28 minutes
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
A year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was
arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, an allegation he and the
Journal said was absurd. The State Department declared that Gershkovich
was “wrongfully detained,” an official status that commits the Biden
administration to work for his release.
Journal publisher Almar Latour has played a key role in the legal and
diplomatic effort to free Gershkovich. On this episode of Playbook Deep
Dive, host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talks with Latour to learn
the inside story of this effort.
They discuss: how the shadow of basketball star Brittney Griner’s
detainment in Russia is influencing talks to bring Evan home; why a
Russian hitman serving a life sentence in Germany may be the key to
unlocking a deal with Putin; and how the 2024 election may affect
Gershkovich’s fate.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Almar Latour is CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street
Journal.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, an allegation he and the
Journal said was absurd. The State Department declared that Gershkovich
was “wrongfully detained,” an official status that commits the Biden
administration to work for his release.
Journal publisher Almar Latour has played a key role in the legal and
diplomatic effort to free Gershkovich. On this episode of Playbook Deep
Dive, host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza talks with Latour to learn
the inside story of this effort.
They discuss: how the shadow of basketball star Brittney Griner’s
detainment in Russia is influencing talks to bring Evan home; why a
Russian hitman serving a life sentence in Germany may be the key to
unlocking a deal with Putin; and how the 2024 election may affect
Gershkovich’s fate.
Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Almar Latour is CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street
Journal.
Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Alex Keeney is a senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Released:
Mar 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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