Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is found guilty of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony. A Russian court has found Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage and sentenced the first US journalist accused of spying since the Cold War to 16 years in a penal colony. “The sentencing of WSJ reporter Evan …
Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy enters Moscow City Court to attend a hearing on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s case on Tuesday. A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late June, court officials said. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy attended the court hearing on …
WASHINGTON — Russia must face consequences for its detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a lawyer for the newspaper said Thursday as the journalist approaches the one-year anniversary of his arrest. Ambassador Lynne Tracy, according to the American embassy in Russia, which said in a social media post that “Evan remains strong and resilient, but it is a …
Russia says it arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for spying. President Biden spoke to the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after the Moscow-based journalist was detained in Russia and charged with espionage. The call happened one day after the Biden administration formally declared the reporter has been “wrongfully detained.” The …
