PARIS — The closed-door trial on espionage charges of US reporter Evan Gershkovich is due to begin in Russia on Wednesday.
The Wall Street Journal reporter is one of several Westerners held by Russia at a time when Moscow's tensions with the West have soared to Cold War-era levels, following the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.He was detained by Russia n security service agents in March 2023 and accused of spying — the first such charge against a Western journalist since the Soviet era.
Despite the charges against him, the reporter has appeared cheerful and smiled in previous hearings.In one instance, he was caught smiling to a man in a balaclava who led him, handcuffed, through the snow.President Vladimir Putin has hinted he wants to see Gershkovich freed as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US, seeking the release of a Russian man jailed in Germany for killing an exiled Chechen separatist commander.
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