Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted on Friday of espionage charges in an unusually rapid trial in the country’s highly politicized legal system. He was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government have vehemently denied the charges. U.S.
FILE - This combination of photos shows Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the Moscow City Court in Moscow and the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, from top left to right, on April 18, 2023, Sept. 19, 2023, Oct. 10, 2023, and from bottom left to right, on Dec. 14, 2023, April 23, 2024, June 26, 2024. , who was convicted on Friday of espionage charges in an unusually rapid trial in the country’s highly politicized legal system.
Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government have vehemently denied the charges. U.S. officials and The Wall Street Journal have denounced the trial as a sham.March 30, 2023 – Russia’s Federal Security Service, a domestic security agency known by the acronym the FSB, issues a statement accusing Gershkovich of acting on U.S. orders to collect state secrets. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims that the journalist was “caught red-handed.
April 7, 2023 – Russian news agencies report, citing law enforcement officials, that Gershkovich has been formally charged with espionage. The reports say that he categorically denied the charges and said that he was merely working as a journalist.Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated.
July 18, 2024 – The second hearing in the trial takes place behind closed doors, and journalists are not allowed in the courtroom. After the hearing, court officials announce that. Closing arguments are held behind closed doors, with the media once again barred from the courtroom. The verdict is delivered just several hours after the closing arguments. Gershkovich is convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison.
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