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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to go on trial in Russia on June 26. The announcement was made on Monday.
Evan has been in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison for more than a year now. He was based out of the WSJ’s Moscow bureau when he was detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in Yekaterinburg during a reporting trip. The hearing is set to be held at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg.
In response to the request for comment after this latest development in Evan’s case on Monday, a spokeswoman for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones referred to a statement made last week when Evan was indicted.
Dow Jones Chief Executive and Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker said Gershkovich was “facing a false and baseless charge,” demanded his immediate release and urged the Biden administration “to redouble efforts to get Evan released.”
“Evan is a journalist. The Russian regime’s smearing of Evan is repugnant, disgusting, and based on calculated and transparent lies,” they said. “Journalism is not a crime. Evan’s case is an assault on the free press.”
The 32-year-old Gershkovich is an American citizen and is accredited to work in Russia.
