Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist

Moscow court extends detention of U.S. journalist

A court in Moscow has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Meanwhile, Paul Whelan, another American held in Russia, says he was attacked at a labor camp in Mordovia.

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He will be detained for another two months until January 30 next year according to the court. Mr Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in March while working in the journal's Moscow bureau. Both he and the Wall Street Journal have denied the charges. Mr Gershkovich could face 20 years in jail if he is convicted.

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He will be detained for another two months until January 30 next year according to the court. Mr Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in March while working in the journal's Moscow bureau. Both he and the Wall Street Journal have denied the charges. Mr Gershkovich could face 20 years in jail if he is convicted.

Russian court extends detention of US journalist Gershkovich

A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges. The court said Gershkovich’s “period of detention” was extended by two more months until January 30, in what the Wall Street Journal, his employer, called a “brazen and outrageous attack on a free press.” The 32-year-old correspondent, the Wall Street Journal and the US govern…

Russia extends detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 2 months - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, November 28, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Russian court’s decision on Tuesday to extend the pretrial detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich until January 30, 2024. “While the latest extension of the detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich—who has been wrongly detained in Russia for the past eight months—was expected, it...

Russian Court Extends Detention of Wall Street Journal Reporter Gershkovich Until End of January

MOSCOW—A court in Moscow on Tuesday extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30, Russian news agencies reported. The hearing took place behind closed doors because authorities say details of the criminal case against the American journalist are classified. Mr. Gershkovich, 32, was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000…