The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected the request of the American embassy for a consular visit to the arrested Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich due to the non-issuance of visas to Russian journalists. The journalist was detained in Yekaterinburg on March 30.
According to the FSB of Russia, he collected information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the issue of consular access to Gerskkovich is politicized by the United States.