US EditionRussia sends U.S. reporter Gershkovich's case to court, accuses him of working for CIA
- Evan Gershkovich faces trial in Yekaterinburg, Russia, for alleged CIA spying, becoming the first American journalist arrested on espionage charges since the Cold War.
- Russian prosecutors approved the indictment against Gershkovich over a year after his arrest.
- Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal, and US officials strongly deny the espionage allegations.
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Russia Puts American Reporter Evan Gershkovich on Trial for Espionage
The office of Russia’s Prosecutor General announced on Thursday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been held for over a year without charges, has been formally accused of espionage and will be tried in Yekaterinburg. The date of the trial has not yet been announced. The post Russia Puts American Reporter Evan Gershkovich on Trial for Espionage appeared first on Breitbart.
US journalist Gershkovich from the “Wall Street Journal” has already been in custody for more than a year. In Yekaterinburg on the Urals, the reporter will probably have to answer to court soon - the authorities accuse him of espionage in the arms industry.
The United States said on Thursday that Russia's allegations of spying on Evan Gershkovich, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, were “completely unreliable” after prosecutors took his case to court.
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