Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Wednesday faced trial in Russia on espionage charges viewed as a bogus attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to obtain leverage over the West.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his …appearing in a glass cage. His head was shaved, but he appeared to be in good spirits. It was a rare glimpse of the journalist who was arrested in Yekaterinburg in March 2023 and accused of spying on Russian operations for the CIA.
Media companies and others have repeatedly called for his release, and The Journal keeps a running count of the months he’d been detained at the top of its homepage. “When his case comes before a judge this week, it will not be a trial as we understand it, with a presumption of innocence and a search for the truth,” Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker wrote in an open letter this week.
“Rather, it will be held in secret. No evidence has been unveiled. And we already know the conclusion: This bogus accusation of espionage will inevitably lead to a bogus conviction for an innocent man who would then face up to 20 years in prison for simply doing his job. And an excellent job he was doing, at that.”hinted to U.S.
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