Gershkovich was arrested more than a year ago during a fact-finding trip to Russia. The charge: spying for the CIA. Now the trial begins in Yekaterinburg.
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American journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial in Russia on charges of espionage. The proceedings take place behind closed doors, without support from the media, friends or the US embassy. Gershkovich is accused of collecting classified information about a defense contractor on behalf of the CIA. If convicted, he faces 20 years in prison in a Russian penal colony.
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In Russia According to a court spokeswoman, the Espionage trial against American journalist Evan Gershkovich. The 32-year-old reporter from… Wall Street Journal stood in a glass box in the courtroom, his head shaved and his arms folded. The procedure itself takes place behind closed doors. Neither the media nor friends, family members or U.S. embassy employees should support Gershkovich. The exclusion of the public takes place in trials of espionage or treason Russia usual.
Gershkovich is from the domestic intelligence service FSB in Yekaterinburg in the Urals in March 2023 arrested been. He will do it espionage
for the American secret service CIA. According to the investigating authorities, on behalf of the CIA in the Sverdlovsk region, he collected secret information about the work of a defense company that produces and repairs military equipment.
If convicted, the American citizen faces up to 20 years in prison in a Russian penal colony. Das Wall Street Journal and Gershkovich himself denies the accusations of espionage. The US government called the allegations “ridiculous.”
In Russia According to a court spokeswoman, the Espionage trial against American journalist Evan Gershkovich. The 32-year-old reporter from… Wall Street Journal stood in a glass box in the courtroom, his head shaved and his arms folded. The procedure itself takes place behind closed doors. Neither the media nor friends, family members or U.S. embassy employees should support Gershkovich. The exclusion of the public is mandatory in espionage or treason trials Russia usual.
Gershkovich is from the domestic intelligence service FSB in Yekaterinburg in the Urals in March 2023 arrested been. He will do it espionage
for the American secret service CIA. According to the investigating authorities, on behalf of the CIA in the Sverdlovsk region, he collected secret information about the work of a defense company that produces and repairs military equipment.