Posts Tagged ‘Gershkovich’
Evan Gershkovich: Determined US Journalist In Russian Prison
Evan Gershkovich, the 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter that Russia charged with espionage, could soon be sentenced in a fast-tracked trial condemned by the US as a Kremlin ploy to secure prisoner swaps with the West. The US-born son of Soviet emigres had reported from Russia for six years, staying on even after dozens of…
Read MoreRussia Set To Resume Trial Of US Reporter Evan Gershkovich
US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set to appear in a Russian court on Thursday for the second hearing of his trial for espionage, a charge that his employer and the White House have labelled a sham. The 32-year-old became the first Western journalist in Russia to be charged with spying since the Soviet era when…
Read MoreRussia Puts US Journalist Evan Gershkovich On Trial
US journalist Evan Gershkovich will face the start of a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia on Wednesday, more than a year after he became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be detained on such accusations. The Wall Street Journal correspondent, who along with his employer and the White House has…
Read MoreUS Reporter Gershkovich To Go On Trial In Russia On June 26
US journalist Evan Gershkovich will go on trial on espionage charges in Russia’s Urals city of Yekaterinburg behind closed doors on June 26, the court overseeing the process said on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested in March 2023 while on a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg and has been held in Moscow’s notorious…
Read MorePutin Tells Tucker Carlson Deal Could Be Reached to Send Home Imprisoned WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich but Maintains He Was Spying for US
Vladimir Putin said that a deal can definitely be reached for the release of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. In a rare one-on-one interview with Tucker Carlson, the Russian President expressed the possibility of reaching a deal for Gershkovich, facing spying charges, saying it could happen “if our partners take reciprocal steps.” Putin…
Read MoreRussian Court Extends Detention Of US Journalist Gershkovich
A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges. The court said Gershkovich’s “period of detention” was extended by two more months until January 30, in what the Wall Street Journal, his employer, called a…
Read MoreUS Reporter Evan Gershkovich Appeals Extended Detention In Russia
Gershkovich’s pre-trial custody was due to expire on August 30, but a judge ruled Thursday it would be extended three months AFP US reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed against a Russian court’s decision to extend his pre-trial detention by three months, according to documents published by a Moscow court. Gershkovich was detained in March during…
Read MoreBiden Calls Russian Jailing Of US Journalist Evan Gershkovich ‘Totally Illegal’
US President Joe Biden said he is working for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia since March 29, 2023 AFP President Joe Biden on Tuesday called Russia’s imprisonment of US journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charges “totally illegal” and told The Wall Street Journal reporter’s family…
Read MoreRussia Charges Wall Street Journal Reporter Gershkovich With Espionage
Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in an undated handout image taken in an unknown location. The Wall Street Journal/Handout via REUTERS Reuters Russian Federal Security Service investigators have formally charged Evan Gershkovich with espionage but the Wall Street Journal reporter denied the charges and said he was working as…
Read MoreWho Is Evan Gershkovich? US Journalist from Wall Street Journal Detained by Russia on Suspicion of Spying
A US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal has been detained in Russia on suspicion of espionage, the FSB state security service said on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich, 31, was detained at Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, where he was working on a project for The Wall Street Journal. The reporter was detained over alleged “illegal…
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