U.S. Foreign Policy & Russia: Energy Independence Can Increase Leverage

Last month, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested by Russian security apparatchiks. He is now detained in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison, awaiting what Russia intends to be a show trial meant to discourage other Western reporters from reporting the truth on its blatant violations of international law and norms, both including and beyond its war of aggression against Ukraine.

The decision to arrest Gershkovich must have been instigated at the highest level of the Kremlin. This is no small feat; it’s the first time an American reporter has been arrested on Russian government orders since the end of the Cold War. We can assume Gershkovich is being subjected to threatening interrogations about the identities of his sources. In this and much else, Russia’s tactics have changed little since the Cold War.

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Last month, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested by Russian security apparatchiks. He is now detained in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo prison, awaiting what Russia intends to be a show trial meant to discourage other Western reporters from reporting the truth on its blatant violations of international law and norms, both including and beyond its war of aggression against Ukraine.

The decision to arrest Gershkovich must have been instigated at the highest level of the Kremlin. This is no small feat; it’s the first time an American reporter has been arrested on Russian government orders since the end of the Cold War. We can assume Gershkovich is being subjected to threatening interrogations about the identities of his sources. In this and much else, Russia’s tactics have changed little since the Cold War.