Top French Editors Condemn Detention of WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia

Media groups, in letter to the Russian ambassador to Paris, denounce arrest of the journalist

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich last year.Photo: The Wall Street Journal

Twenty-two editors of leading French media groups published a letter to Alexei Mechkov, the Russian ambassador to Paris, denouncing the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

The editors of Le Figaro, Les Echos, Le Monde, Libération and others wrote an open letter expressing their deep concern over the detention of Mr. Gershkovich.

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