Biden assures that he is “serious” about the negotiations with Russia to free the journalist Evan Gershkovich

July 14 () –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has assured this Thursday that he is “seriously” about the negotiations with the Russian authorities to release the American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained for more than 100 days in a prison in Russia.

“I’m serious about a prisoner exchange. I’m serious about doing what we can to free Americans who are illegally detained in Russia or anywhere else. And that process is underway,” Biden said at a conference. press conference in Helsinki picked up by .

The parents of Gershkovich, a journalist for the ‘Wall Street Journal’, asked Biden last week to intercede to obtain the release of their son, arrested on March 29 during a visit to the city of Yekaterinburg accused of espionage.

Days before, the Kremlin hinted at the possibility of negotiating a prisoner exchange agreement with the US to free Gershkovich, as occurred in December last year between the US basketball player Brittney Griner and the arms dealer Viktor Bout.

The last meeting between Gerskovich and a US official took place on April 3, when the US ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, was able to meet with the reporter to discuss his state of health and the circumstances of his detention.