WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention in Russia extended to June 30

Source: ABC News

March 26, 2024, 5:23 AM


LONDON -- A Russian court on Tuesday extended Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention until at least June 30.

The journalist was arrested in March 2023 by Russia’s powerful domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, or FSB, while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg. He has been held since then in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.

He's been accused of "acting on the instructions of the American side" and collecting state secrets about the military.

Gershkovich has attempted to appeal for release several times over the the last year, but has each time had those appeals denied, extending his pre-trial detention.

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