Pjotr Sauer
@PjotrSauer
Reporter @Guardian covering Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia. Write to me: [email protected]
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https://www.theguardian.com/profile/pjotr-sauer 16-07-2008 16:19:32
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Thanks to Margaret Sullivan for her advocacy to bring Evan Gershkovich home and for her support on all matters of press freedom #IStandwithEvan
Margaret Margaret Sullivan says Evan Gershkovich was her editorial assistant when she was the The New York Times public editor. He is a journalist and #JournalismIsNotaCrime . We need to #FreeEvan .
Russia shipped more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to North Korea in March in defiance of UN sanctions, the White House said on Thursday. The US is preparing sanctions to target those aiding such transfers, Felicia Schwartz and Chris Cook report ft.com/content/2dfe64…
Think about what you've done in the past 400 days. The places you've been, people you've met, mistakes you've made, things you've laughed at, cried at. Then think about my colleague Evan Gershkovich, in jail in Russia for the past 400 days for being a journalist. #IStandWithEvan
A great honor to spend time with the extraordinary family of Evan Gershkovich at the #whcd dinner held by WHCA this past weekend. As Evan marks 400 days in prison, they are standing with Evan every minute of every day and are inspirations for all of us. #IStandWithEvan
It’s Monday April 29 2024.
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.
1 year & 31 days ago
Over the weekend Russia detained three additional journalists.
JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!
FREE EVAN NOW!
#IStandWithEvan
So for all his talk about troops on the ground and nuclear deterrent, Emmanuel Macron will not give a single Euro to the Czech ammunition initiative that’s providing a lifeline to Ukraine.
And seemingly France won’t allow a common EU contribution
Yet more grim news in Russia, where journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin – onetime Reuters and AP stringers respectively – were arrested late last week.
They're being charged with working for Alexei Navalny's team.
Polina Ivanova reports:
ft.com/content/ab8204…
Sergei Kechimov, who fought Russian oil drilling on indigenous lands for years, has died of cancer. He’d otherwise be in prison, like 100s of eco-activists globally.
Kechimov told me in 2017 his holy lake was doomed—but also that the oil era would soon end theguardian.com/world/2017/mar…
Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Very honored. What matters of course is the work. Sending the prize money to @cpj, which helps journalists like Evan, Austin and those in conflict zones like Ukraine and Gaza risking their lives to bring home the story, and to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which…
It’s Saturday April 27 2024.
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.
1 year & 29 days ago
JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!
FREE EVAN NOW!
#IStandWithEvan