Moscow City Court detained The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, in pre-trial detention. Telegram channel reports this »Moscow courts of general jurisdiction”
It was reported that the decision of the Moscow Lefortovo District Court dated November 28 on the choice of preventive measures in the form of detention for Gershkovich was approved. The lawyers’ objections were not satisfied; The journalist will remain in custody until January 30 next year.
Formerly US Ambassador Lynn Tracy visit Gershkovich is in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in Moscow.
A journalist from an American publication who was arrested in Russia at the end of March faces up to 20 years in prison under the article of the Russian Criminal Code on espionage if proven guilty.
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