Evan Gershkovich’s Trial to Resume on July 18

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian court has rescheduled the closed-door trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the request of his defense team,
Yekaterinburg was originally scheduled to resume hearings in the espionage case against Gershkovich on Aug
13, but as Mediazona writes, the trial will now be held on Thursday.The Wall Street Journal correspondent and former reporter for The Moscow
Times became the first Western journalist to be arrested in Russia on spying charges since the Cold War after he was detained during a
arrested.Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested he is open to a prisoner exchange with the United States involving Gershkovich
After the trial opened last month, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said U.S
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