Hoyer Statement on the Release of Four Americans Wrongfully Detained in Russia
August 01, 2024
August 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release:
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement today on the release of four Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza who were wrongfully detained in Russia:
"For the past 16 months, Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime has held Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a decrepit, Stalin-era prison. He was imp . . .
Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) issued the following statement today on the release of four Americans Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza who were wrongfully detained in Russia:
"For the past 16 months, Vladimir Putin's authoritarian regime has held Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a decrepit, Stalin-era prison. He was imp . . .