Evan Gershkovich, the imprisoned reporter for The Wall Street Journal, appeared in a courtroom in a Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Thursday for the second hearing in his espionage trial...
Mr. Gershkovich, the first Western reporter to be detained on an espionage charge in Russia since the Cold War era, had worked in Russia as a journalist for various publications for more than five years before his arrest...
His employer and the U.S. government have denied the charges against him, calling them politically motivated. The State Department has designated Mr. Gershkovich as wrongfully detained, which effectively compels it to work for his safe release...
Held behind closed doors, the trial is unlikely to shed more light on the prosecution's case. But the verdict is in little doubt. The Russian justice system overwhelmingly produces guilty verdicts...
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