Wall Road Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom on the Moscow Metropolis Court docket in Moscow, on Oct. 10. A courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday prolonged his detention till Jan. 30, Russian information companies reported.
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Wall Road Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom on the Moscow Metropolis Court docket in Moscow, on Oct. 10. A courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday prolonged his detention till Jan. 30, Russian information companies reported.
Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
MOSCOW — A courtroom in Moscow on Tuesday prolonged the detention of Wall Road Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage costs, till Jan. 30, Russian information companies reported.
The listening to passed off behind closed doorways as a result of authorities say particulars of the felony case in opposition to the American journalist are categorized.
Gershkovich, 32, was detained in March whereas on a reporting journey to the Russian metropolis of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow. Russia’s Federal Safety Service alleged that the reporter, “performing on the directions of the American facet, collected data constituting a state secret concerning the actions of one of many enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complicated.”
Gershkovich and the Journal deny the allegations, and the U.S. authorities has declared him to be wrongfully detained. Russian authorities have not detailed any proof to assist the espionage costs.
Gershkovich is the primary American reporter to be charged with espionage in Russia since 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for U.S. Information and World Report, was arrested by the KGB. Gershkovich is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo jail, infamous for its harsh situations.
Analysts have identified that Moscow could also be utilizing jailed People as bargaining chips after U.S.-Russian tensions soared when Russia despatched troops into Ukraine. Not less than two U.S. residents arrested in Russia in recent times — together with WNBA star Brittney Griner — have been exchanged for Russians jailed within the U.S.
The Russian Overseas Ministry has stated it should think about a swap for Gershkovich solely after a verdict in his trial. In Russia, espionage trials can final for greater than a 12 months.