Trudeau and Biden call on Russia to release WSJ reporter

U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Wednesday for the immediate release of a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges. Russia’s Federal Security Service said reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested last week because he was “suspected of spying in the interests of the American government.” The Wall Street Journal denied Gershkovich was spying. The White House has called the espionage charge, which carries a prison term of up to 20 years, “ridiculous.” “The prime minister and the president spoke about Russia’s illegal detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan…