Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich listened intently as he was found guilty by a Russian court of espionage. The charges had been vigorously denied by the WSJ, CIA and by Gershkovich himself. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
American journalist Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security prison by a Russian court Friday after he was found guilty of espionage in a case that his employer, The Wall Street Journal, has condemned as a sham. Gershkovich, 32, denied any wrongdoing in the case that went to trial last month in the city of Yekaterinburg over a year after he was arrested in the southern Russian city on espionage charges.
Gershkovich's detention also became a point of contention in the U.S. presidential race, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claiming in May that he could get Putin to free Gershkovich if elected. His comments drew swift backlash from Biden’s campaign.
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