2023-08-24 12:07:59
A Moscow court has extended by three months the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested in late March in Russia on espionage charges. “The period of detention is extended by three months (…) until November 30”reported the press service of the Lefortovsky court in the Russian capital.
Journalist at Wall Street Journal, Mr. Gershkovich had been arrested by the Russian security services during a report in Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, on March 29. The 31-year-old journalist, who has also worked for Agence France-Presse in Moscow in the past, is accused of” spying “, which he rejects, as does Washington, his newspaper, his relatives and his family. Russia has also never substantiated its accusations or publicly provided any evidence, and the entire procedure has been classified as secret. No date for his trial has been set.
His arrest comes in the context of serious diplomatic tensions between the United States and Russia, caused by the conflict in Ukraine, in the context of which Washington supports Kiev militarily and financially once morest Moscow.
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