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YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Russia’s expedited espionage trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich reached its final stages on Friday in a case condemned as a sham by Washington.
Other similar cases in Russia have dragged on far more slowly with several weeks or even months between hearings. Moscow and Washington have both said they are open to exchanging the reporter in a deal, but neither has given clues on when that might happen. On Thursday, a Moscow court sentenced former US paratrooper Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on charges of drug dealing.
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