Journalist detained by Russia was reporting stories that ‘needed to be told’

 Journalist detained by Russia was reporting stories that ‘needed to be told’

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The reporting job in Moscow had everything Evan Gershkovich was looking for, his friends said: experience in a far-flung location with the chance to connect with his Russian roots.
Gershkovich, 31, …