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Gershkovich, his employer and the U. S. government deny he was involved in spying and have demanded his release. “Evan is a member of the free press who right up until he was arrested was ...
Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on spurious espionage charges
A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony in a move his employer, the Wall Street Journal ...
Evan Gershkovich (born October 26, 1991) [1] is an American journalist and reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering Russia.. Gershkovich graduated from Bowdoin College, majoring in philosophy and English and writing in student newspapers.
Gershkovich is the first American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB.
Gershkovich faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. He was the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since Nicholas Daniloff in 1986 at the height of the Cold War.
Here's a look at what we know about the first day of the trial for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been charged in Russia with espionage — charges that he, his employer ...
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial in Russia on Wednesday on spying charges, which he denies. Gershkovich is a 32-year-old American who grew up in New Jersey, the son of Soviet parents ...