One year ago today, the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich was reporting on the war with Ukraine when he was detained, becoming the first American reporter to be jailed in Russia for espionage since the Cold War. Fellow journalist and close friend Pjotr Sauer shares his feelings on this ‘horrible milestone.’

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