After months in one of Russia's most notorious prisons, the Wall Street Journal reporter appeared from a glass cage.
Mr Gershkovich, 32, was arrested 15 months ago when he was on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city. He is the first Western journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia .
Russian courts convict more than 99% of the defendants who come before them. Prosecutors can appeal sentences that they regard as too lenient and even can appeal acquittals. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, right, is escorted from court in Moscow, Russia, in January 2024.There have been accusations that Russia is targeting Americans as animosity between Moscow and Washington grew.
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