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6 days ago · A Russian Court has sentenced Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a Russian prison colony. The 32-year-old was stone-faced as he stood in a glass cage in a Russian ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Updated 11:32 AM PDT, July 18, 2024. YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, a court said, as the proceedings in Russia’s highly politicized legal system picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held behind bars for over a year.
Jul 17, 2024 · The American-born son of immigrants from the USSR, Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia. “Evan’s wrongful detention has been an outrage since his unjust arrest 477 days ago, and it must end now," the Journal said Thursday in a statement.
Jul 18, 2024 · Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. The espionage trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich resumed in a Russian court on Thursday after being brought forward at the request of his ...
6 days ago · A Russian prosecutor is seeking an 18-year sentence for American journalist Evan Gershkovich who has been charged with espionage. The court said a verdict is expected to be issued on Friday at 12: ...
6 days ago · Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated.
Jul 18, 2024 · LONDON -- The espionage trial of The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich resumed on Thursday, proceeding behind closed doors in a remote Russian courtroom after Washington and Moscow officials each raised the potential for the journalist to be part of an international prisoner exchange.
