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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 ...
Gershkovich, a 32-year-old American who said the allegations against him were false, went on trial last month in the city of Yekaterinburg. He was the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying ...
Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on spurious espionage charges
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.
MOSCOW (AP) — The espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors, a statement from the court that will hear the case said Monday. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, has been behind bars since his March 2023 arrest and faces 20 years in prison if convicted.
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 ...
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.
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.