YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia's accelerated espionage trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich reached its final stages Friday in a case condemned as a mockery by Washington.
YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia's accelerated espionage trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich reached its final stages Friday in a case condemned as a mockery by Washington.The 32-year-old correspondent for The Wall Street Journal is the first Western journalist in Russia to be charged with spying since the Soviet era.He was detained in March 2023 on a reporting trip to the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, and spent almost 16 months in Moscow's notorious Lefortovo prison.
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.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that talks between US and Russian special services over possible prisoner exchanges were ongoing, without naming any specific individuals.
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