Wall Street Journal Summary – WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich will stand trial in Russia on espionage charges. Here’s what else we know.
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- Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in a city 870 miles east of Moscow. The indictment claims he was gathering secret information on behalf of the CIA regarding a Russian military facility. If convicted, Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison.
- The American journalist, the Wall Street Journal and the U.S. deny all the espionage charges. The U.S. State Department denounced the charges and said there was “absolutely zero credibility” to them.
- Gershkovich, 32, was accredited to work as a journalist by the Russian Foreign Ministry and was detained on March 29, 2023, while on assignment in Yekaterinburg. He is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison.
Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, will face trial in a city 870 miles east of Moscow on espionage charges. The indictment alleges that Gershkovich was gathering secret information for the CIA about a Russian military facility. Potential penalty upon conviction could be up to 20 years in prison.
The U.S., the Wall Street Journal, and Gershkovich himself strongly refute all charges. The U.S. State Department has condemned the accusations, declaring zero credibility to them. Gershkovich, 32, was officially accredited as a journalist by the Russian Foreign Ministry and detained on March 29, 2023, in Yekaterinburg while on an assignment. He was apprehended just a day after co-authoring an article about Russia’s declining economy post its invasion of Ukraine. Currently, Gershkovich is held in Moscow’s infamous Lefortovo Prison. No specific start date has been provided for the trial.
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