where evan gershkovich was arrested. it s a place called yekaterinburg. the fsb has confirmed that mr gershkovich had accreditation to be there, and we know that earlier this week, his latest article looked at the russian economy and the challenges of, in his words, ballooning military expenditures . well, once taken into custody, evan gershkovich was moved from yekaterinburg to moscow, and it s there that the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg is based. we know what the main charge is, and that s espionage. a criminal case has been opened against evan under article 276 of the russian criminal code, espionage. the maximum possible punishment, according to that article, is 20 years in prison. we know evan, he s well known to foreign journalists here,
now this story stretches across russia. the hearing today was in moscow. but we need to i,800km to the east to see where evan gershkovich was arrested. the fsb has confirmed that mr gershkovich had accreditation to be there. and we know that earlier this week his latest article looked at the russian economy. and the challenges of, in his words, ballooning military expenditures . we know what the main charge is, and that s espionage. a criminal case has been opened against evan under article 276 of the russian criminal code, espionage. the maximum possible punishment is 20 years in prison. we know evan gershkovich, he is well known to foreign journalists here, and an experienced reporter on russia and an excellent reporter, a highly principled journalist. he was detained about 1,000 miles from the russian capital.