Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Cardin Statement on Sentencing of Evan Gershkovich by Russian Court on Baseless Charges
July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on July 19, 2024:
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Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian high-security penal colony on false charges of espionage.
"Today's conviction of Wall . . .
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Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian high-security penal colony on false charges of espionage.
"Today's conviction of Wall . . .