The process against US-Journalist Gershkovich in Russia will continue on Thursday
The 32-year-old US journalist of "The Wall Street Journal" is accused of espionage. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years of imprisonment in a penal colony. The trial against him began on June 26, 2023. At the beginning of the proceedings, Gershkovich was seen smiling and with a shaved head in a glass cage for prisoners.
Gershkovich is the first Western journalist who has been arrested in Russia since the end of the Cold War on charges of espionage. He has been in pre-trial detention at the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow since March 2023. The 32-year-old denies the accusations, as does the US government and his employer.
Experts of the United Nations described his detention as "arbitrary" and a violation of human rights in this month.
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- Evan Gershkovich, the 32-year-old journalist from The Wall Street Journal, continues to maintain his innocence in the espionage case against him in Russia.
- The accusations against Gershkovich have sparked concerns among the international community, with AFP reporting that US-journalists are closely following the spyability-related process unfolding in Russia on Thursday.
- Despite being in pre-trial detention at Lefortovo Prison since March 2023, Gershkovich's arrest has been deemed "arbitrary" and a violation of human rights by experts from the United Nations.
- The proceedings against Gershkovich, who became the first Western journalist to be charged with espionage in Russia since the end of the Cold War, began on a heated note on June 26, 2023, as shown in footage by various news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal.
