Russia will hold the espionage trial of the detained American reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the CIA, behind closed doors later in June, a court in the city of Yekaterinburg has said.
Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be detained on spy charges in Russia since the cold war more than three decades ago, denies the charges.
The FSB claimed Gershkovich was trying to collect secrets about Uralvagonzavod, a powerful Russian defense enterprise, on the instructions of the CIA.
The White House has called the charges ridiculous and Joe Biden has said Gershkovich's detention is totally illegal. The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones deny the espionage charges.
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