 Since Gershkovich's detention in March of last year, President Biden has said that bringing him and other Americans back home is a top priority. Here's Biden speaking in April at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. I give you my orders of Biden. We're not going to give up until we get them home. All of them. All of them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was asked about Gershkovich at a press conference in New York earlier this week.