Evan Gershkovich Has Been In Prison In Russia For A Year

On Wednesday, March 29 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB, Russia's security service, and charged with espionage. It was the first time that an American journalist in Russia has been charged with espionage, which carries a potential 20-year prison sentence, since the Cold War. OTM producer Molly Schwartz spoke to   Valerie Hopkins, international correspondent for   The New York Times ,   Gordon Fairclough, World Coverage Chief for   The Wall Street Journal ,   Gulnoza Said,  the Europe and Central Asia program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and   Dan Storyev   and   Maria Kuznetsova   from OVD-Info, a Russian human rights group, about how the Kremlin is using Gershkovich as a pawn in a game of hostage diplomacy.