Evan Gershkovich Biography
Evan Gershkovich was a media personality serving as a Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal before his arrest in March 2023. He was arrested in Russia on espionage charges making him the first reporter for an American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. Before joining The Wall Street Journal in January 2022, he was a reporter for Agence France-Presse and The Moscow Times.
Evan Gershkovich Age
Gershkovich was born in 1991 in New York, United States. He is 32 years old as of 2023.
Evan Gershkovich Height
He is 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Evan Gershkovich Nationality
He is American by nationality.
Evan Gershkovich Education
In 2010, he graduated from Princeton High School. While there, he earned 4 varsity letters in soccer and captained the soccer team senior year, New Jersey Group III State Champion in 2010, and MCT Champion from 2008 to 2010, All-CVC Selection from 2008 to 2010, and played club soccer for Princeton Union, where he helped to lead the team to the New Jersey State Championship and Region I Semifinals in 2007. He also played for PDA and Match Fit Academy.
In addition, he graduated from Bowdoin College in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Philosophy and English.
Evan Gershkovich Parents
Gershkovich was born in New York City but grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. His Russian Jewish parents live in the United States but are originally from the Soviet Union where they emigrated in 1979. However, he hasn’t shared with the public whether he has siblings. He speaks Russian.
Evan Gershkovich Wife
Despite being a media personality Evan has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight. Therefore, there are no records of whether he is married, single, or in a relationship.
Evan Gershkovich The Wall Street Journal
Gershkovich is a reporter covering Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union for The Wall Street Journal, with a focus on business and the economy. He joined The Wall Street Journal in January 2022.
Previously, he was a reporter for Agence France-Presse and The Moscow Times, where the American Society of Journalists and Authors recognized his coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia.
His articles have also appeared in The Economist, MIT Technology Review, Foreign Policy, and Politico Europe among others. He has also regularly appeared on BBC News, NPR, and Public Radio International, among other outlets.
Gershkovich got his start as a news assistant at The New York Times in January 2016.
Evan Gershkovich Russia Arrest
Evan an American journalist for The Wall Street Journal has been arrested in Russia. He was a reporter covering Russia, Ukraine, and the former Soviet Union for The Wall Street Journal, with a focus on business and the economy.
The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counter-intelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, said on March 29, 2023, that Evan was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.
Evan is the first reporter for an American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. His arrest comes amid the bitter tensions between Moscow and Washington over the fighting in Ukraine.
The security service alleged that Evan “was acting on the US orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex that constitutes a state secret”.
The FSB didn’t say when the arrest took place. Evan could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage. The FSB also noted that he had accreditation from the Russian Foreign Ministry to work as a journalist. His last report from Moscow, published earlier this week, focused on the Russian economy’s slowdown amid Western sanctions imposed when Russian troops entered Ukraine last year.
Evan Gershkovich Salary and Net Worth
His average annual salary is $104,643 as per The Wall Street Journal’s average Reporter salary. He also has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
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