Russian officials say U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office said Thursday that an indictment of Gershkovich has been finalized and his case was filed to a regional court in the city in the Ural Mountains.
MOSCOW — U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich , jailed in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia n authorities said Thursday.
Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office said an indictment of Gershkovich has been finalized and his case was filed to the Sverdlovsky Regional Court in the city in the Ural Mountains. Gershkovich is accused of “gathering secret information” about a facility in the Sverdlovsk region that produced and repaired military equipment, the Prosecutor General’s office said in a statement, revealing for the first time the details of the accusations against the jailed reporter. Gershkovich has been charged with espionage.
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’s arrest shocked foreign journalists in Russia, even though the country had enacted increasingly repressive laws on freedom of speech after sending troops into Ukraine.
Espionage Indictments Russia General News U.S. News World News I Russia Government U.S. News
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks 14 months wrongfully detained by RussiaBeloved Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marked 14 months wrongfully detained in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison on Wednesday.
Read more »
Trump new Truth Social post on Evan Gershkovich suggests Russia quid pro quoMSNBC columnist Charlie Sykes is founder of The Bulwark. His most recent book, 'How the Right Lost Its Mind,' was published in October 2017.
Read more »
Trump doubles down on appalling line on Evan Gershkovich’s detentionSteve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Read more »
‘Truly appalling’: Hayes shreds Trump’s threat to keep Evan Gershkovich hostageThis is additional taxonomy that helps us with analytics
Read more »
Trump says if he wins, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will be freed fastFormer President Donald Trump said Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will be released from Russian prison 'almost immediately' after the November election -- if he beats Joe Biden.
Read more »
Trump claims Evan Gershkovich will be released ‘almost immediately’ after November electionDonald Trump is claiming his relationship with Putin will guarantee Evan Gershkovich’s release from prison shortly after the November election.
Read more »