365 Days in the Life of Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich looks out from a defendants’ cage at the Moscow City Court last month. This Friday marks one year behind bars for him. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images)
One year after the WSJ reporter was arrested for ‘espionage’ in Russia, his friends tell The Free Press he feels ‘deep responsibility’ for the country he loves.
On the morning of March 29, 2023—one year ago this Friday—Simon Brooks woke up to 18 missed calls and a slew of text messages. “The texts were like, ‘Is this real?’ ” Brooks told me, “and I immediately knew, and I was like, ‘Dude, Evan.’ ”
He meant his best friend, Evan Gershkovich, who had roomed with Brooks at Bowdoin College in Maine, moved to Russia,…
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