The decision means Mr Gershkovich, 31, will remain jailed at least until November 30, unless his appeal is heard in the meantime.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in Moscow City Court on Tuesday, seeking release from jail on espionage charges, but the court declined to hear his appeal and returned the case to a lower court to deal with unspecified procedural violations.
He was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000km east of Moscow. The court proceedings are closed because prosecutors say details of the criminal case are classified. Mr Gershkovich last appeared in court in August when a judge ruled he must stay in jail until the end of November. Tuesday’s hearing stemmed from that decision.
Russia’s Federal Security Service alleged Mr Gershkovich, “acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex”.
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