[HIGHLIGHTS] The United States said it was disappointed by Russia's refusal to visit Gershkovich on May 11

US citizen Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia for espionage by The Wall Street Journal. The journalist was detained in Yekaterinburg on March 30.

According to the FSB of Russia, he collected information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that in connection with the disruption of the issuance of visas to media representatives from the journalistic pool of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, it was decided to reject the request of the US Embassy for a consular visit.