Evan Gershkovich’s parents speak out nearly 1 year after Wall Street Journal reporter was detained by Russia [Video]

This week marks one year since The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges while on a reporting trip.

A year into what the U.S. State Department has declared to be a wrongful detainment, Evan Gershkovich’s parents say they are optimistic.

“We know that the U.S. government is taking Evan’s case very seriously,” his mother, Ella Milman, told “Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive sit-down interview.

“I think if you let the pessimism in … the game is over,” she said. “And our saying in the family is we’re moving forward. Moving forward.”

“And he says that he’s fighting. He’s fighting,” she added.

The 32-year-old American was working as a reporter for the Moscow bureau of The Wall Street Journal and had been accredited by Russia’s foreign ministry to work as a journalist when he was arrested on March 29, 2023, on espionage …