[Russia] - Russia Sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 Years in Prison on Spying Charges

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
American journalist nodded
After that, the judge adjourned the court and Gershkovich was removed by law enforcement officers.State prosecutors had asked the judge to
reporter, who was arrested while on a reporting trip in March 2023, pleaded not guilty to the charges.On Friday, the Sverdlovsk Regional
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Almar Latour, the chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker
in Russia on spying charges since the Cold War after he was detained in the Sverdlovsk region during a reporting trip in March 2023
He is now also the first Western journalist to be convicted of that crime in Russia.Before being moved to the Sverdlovsk region capital of
authorities] rapidly accelerated the timeline of the case..
President Joe Biden to bring him home.Russian President Vladimir Putin previously suggested he is open to a prisoner swap with Washington
involving Gershkovich
The Kremlin chief has indicated he would like to see Vadim Krasikov, a Federal Security Service (FSB) operative currently serving a life
espionage trial opened last month, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said U.S
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow and the U.S
this farce
of wartime censorship laws, Gershkovich returned to the country to report on how it was being reshaped by the war.At the same time,
Gershkovich is just one of several Americans currently held in Russia on disputed charges in what observers say is part of a strategy of
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