Process against US-Journalist Gershkovich in Russia continued
A 32-year-old Gershkovich is charged with espionage. If convicted, the journalist of the "Wall Street Journal" faces up to 20 years in a penal colony. The trial began on June 26. At the first hearing, the defendant was seen smiling and bald-headed in a glass cage for prisoners.
At the second hearing, which was moved forward on defense request from August 13 to July 18, the public was excluded from the start.
Gershkovich is the first Western journalist who has been arrested in Russia since the end of the Cold War on espionage charges. He has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest in March 2023.
The reporter was at the time of his arrest on a research trip in the city of Yekaterinburg, located east of the Ural Mountains, where his trial is now taking place. The 32-year-old denies the accusations, as does the US government and his employer.
- The defense requested to move the second hearing of Evan Gershkovich, a US-Journalist from the "Wall Street Journal" currently facing espionage charges in Russia, from August 13 to July 18 due to unspecified reasons.
- Despite being charged with spying and being in pre-trial detention since his arrest in March 2023, Gershkovich, a 32-year-old journalist, maintained a smile during his first hearing in front of the Russian court.
- The ongoing trial against Gershkovich in Russia has raised concerns among the US- Journalists community, as he is the first Western journalist to be arrested on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War.
- At the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, diplomats and representatives from the US government discussed the ongoing process of Gershkovich's case, appealing for his immediate release and ensuring the safety of US-journalists in Russia.
