Putin to consider Gershkovich interview request

Evan Gershkovich

The Kremlin is ready to consider Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s request for an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin if such is received, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

A TASS story states, “The Kremlin official was asked to comment on a Wall Street Journal report that Gershkovich asked for an interview with Putin.

“‘If such a request is received, we will consider it. If the president thinks it necessary to give an interview to foreign media outlets, he will do so,’ Peskov said.

“According to Putin’s press secretary, many foreign media outlets request such an interview.

“Gershkovich, previously convicted in Russia for espionage, was pardoned by Putin and handed over to the US within the framework of a prisoner exchange.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.