Russian officials say Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, will stand trial on espionage charges in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.
Russian officials say U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia for over a year on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. Russia’s Prosecutor General’s office said Thursday an indictment of the Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized and his case was filed to a regional court. It says Gershkovich is accused of “gathering secret information” for the CIA about a facility in the Sverdlovsk region that produces and repairs military equipment, revealing for the first time the details of the accusations against the jailed reporter. Gershkovich has been charged with espionage. The officials didn’t provide any evidence to back up the accusations.
Russian officials say Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, will stand trial on espionage charges in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.
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