Friend of Evan Gershkovich speaks out after sentencing | LiveNOW from FOX

American journalist Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court. Alex Gorbachev, a reporter with VOA Russian service and friend of Gershkovich joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to talk about the sentencing.

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[dianaburgos]

Stay the hell out of Russia, China, and North Korea.

[stevebohlin]

I would like to know what story/events he was covering near Yekaterinburg

[HorsePower]

CIA spy got 18 years in the polar wolf 🤣

[jonvladimirtsev]

sovereign right to convict criminals using indigenous legal system. Sad, gentleman shouldn't have let CIA recruit him.

[navigatorofthevalley]

Russian penal colony sounds like hell.

[didrivekopel]

How they know in the usa that he is not guilty ?

[Croploss]

With all due respect, it would seem an incredibly stupid act for him to have traveled to Russia, considering his background and ethnicity. There seems to be an incredible number of naive people out there and it is kind of hard to feel sorry for them.

[susie]

I have seen documentaries about Russian prisons, they're hell holes!

[NoManClatuer-pdck]

Send Seal Team Six. Send Delta. Send a strong message. Otherwise we're sending a message other countries can do whatever they want to American citizens.