“Evan cannot be freed soon enough,' a Wall Street Journal editor said Wednesday.
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024.Gershkovich's court date was moved forward from August 13 after a request from his defense team, Grainne McCarthy, an international editor at the Journal, told staff in an email on Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.Gershkovich was arrested in March 2023 while reporting in the Sverdlovsk region, where Russian officials claimed he was collecting secrets on the "production and repair of military equipment" for the CIA.
Lavrov following the meeting said that using journalists for intelligence gathering was "absolutely natural," adding that Russia has "irrefutable evidence that Gershkovich was engaged in espionage." Russian President Vladimir Putin has made clear that he would trade Gershkovich, most likely as a prison exchange for Russians held in the United States.
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