A Russian court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to prison following his espionage conviction. Gershkovich strongly denies the allegations and President Biden says the U.S. is working to secure his release.
WNBA star and Olympian Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian prison last year, encouraged American journalist Evan Gershkovich in an NBC News interview to 'stay strong' following his sentencing in Russia on Friday. Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security prison after he was found guilty of espionage in a case that his employer, The Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. government has condemned as a sham.
' In February 2022, Griner traveled to Russia to play her eighth season in the country’s women’s basketball league. She was arrested at a Moscow airport after two vials of cannabis oil, totaling less than a gram, were found in her luggage at the airport in Moscow. Griner pleaded guilty at her trial in July but said she had no criminal intent, and packed the canisters inadvertently as she hurriedly prepared for her flight. She was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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