Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges last year, will stand trial in a city 870 miles east of Moscow, where he was detained, according to local authorities. For the first time since Gershkovich was detained in March 2023, details of the accusations against him were revealed in […]
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US reporter Evan Gershkovich, held in Russia on espionage charges, to face trial
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for more than a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalised and his case was filed to the Sverdlovsky Regional Court […]
Trump claimed Putin would free jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich if he’s reelected — but the Kremlin says that’s news to them
Trump claims he alone can secure Evan Gershkovich’s release from Russia if reelected. The WSJ reporter has been jailed in Russia on disputed espionage charges since March last year. The Kremlin denies any contact with Trump on the matter. Donald Trump claimed that only he would be able to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to […]
Trump claims, if elected, Putin will release jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich ‘for me’
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed he could get Russian President Vladimir Putin to free imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich if elected, drawing a rebuke from President Joe Biden‘s campaign. Gershkovich “will be released almost immediately after the Election, but definitely before I assume Office,” Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, wrote […]
Trump says Putin will free jailed US journalist Gershkovich for him
Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison. Mr Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that this would happen soon after the November election in the United States, when […]
Trump says Putin will free jailed U.S. reporter Gershkovich for him
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison. Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that this would happen soon after the November election in the United States, […]
Trump says Putin will release WSJ reporter Gershkovich for him
(Reuters) – Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison. Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social that this would happen soon after the November election in the United States, when […]
U.S. marks 1 year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia
One year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, journalists, news organizations and U.S. officials are marking the grim milestone by putting a spotlight on his detention and calling for his release. “Today we mark a painful anniversary: one year of American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention […]
U.S. marks one year since WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia
One year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, journalists, news organizations and U.S. officials are marking the grim milestone by putting a spotlight on his detention and calling for his release. “Today we mark a painful anniversary: one year of American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention […]
Biden threatens Russia with costs on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. will impose costs for Russia’s “appalling attempts” to use Americans as bargaining chips in a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich‘s arrest in Russia. Gershkovich, 32, became the first U.S. journalist arrested on spying […]
Russia is rounding up more journalists a year after the arrest of Evan Gershkovich
Six journalists working for independent media outlets in Russia were arrested in a span of just a few hours this week on the eve of the anniversary of American reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention in the city of Yekaterinburg. The journalists include Antonina Favorskaya, who covered the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Reporters Without Borders […]
Russia extends arrest of US reporter Evan Gershkovich
A Moscow court has ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late June, court officials said. The 32-year-old US citizen was arrested in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spent nearly a year behind bars. His arrest was extended until June […]