Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, after more than a year of imprisonment in Moscow, has been brought to trial Wednesday in Yekaterinburg on trumped-up charges of espionage.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, after more than a year of imprisonment in Moscow, has been brought to trial Wednesday in Yekaterinburg on trumped-up charges of espionage.
Russian authorities claim that Gershkovich was gathering intelligence about a Russian tank manufacturer for the CIA. The United States, Gershkovich, and the Journal all maintain that Gershkovich is innocent of the charges levied against him. The trial, like many in Russia, will be held behind closed doors.
« This bogus accusation of espionage will inevitably lead to a bogus conviction for an innocent man », Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker said in a statement.
