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Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage
Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage Resurfaced tweets show Evan Gershkovich knew the perils of reporting on the Kremlin.  The Wall Street Journal reporter and 31-year-old Mercer County native remains detained in Russia, for allegedly trying to obtain classified information, and was detained in Yekaterinburg, Russia's Federal Security Service said Thursday, March 30. Gershkovich, who grew up in Princeton and played soccer for Bowdoin College, sent out the following tweet in July 2022: Ilya Yashin, one of the last prominent opposition politicians in Russia, is now facing 10 years in prison for spreading fake news about the…

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