Friday will mark one year since the journalist was arrested on espionage charges
reporter Evan Gershkovich, accused by Russia of spying, has had his pre-trial detention extended by three months to 30 June, a Moscow court said.
Gershkovich, his paper and the US government all strongly deny the charges, which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in jail. Tuesday’s hearing was closed to media but the Moscow court service published photographs and a brief video showing Gershkovich standing in a glass box in the courtroom. He appeared relaxed and was smiling.in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. He has failed in repeated appeals against his detention, which has already been extended several times. No date has been set for his trial.
Lynne Tracy, the US ambassador, visited the 32-year-old reporter in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison in March. The embassy said at the time: “Evan remains strong and resilient, but it is a tragedy that he is awaiting trial for a crime he did not commit.”and is serving 16 years in a Russian penal colony on spying charges that he too denies., has said Gershkovich could be released at some point in exchange for a Russian prisoner held abroad, but no such deal has so far materialised.
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