WSJ reporter faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of spying charges US says are politically motivated

Journalist faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted; court sets next hearing for August 13.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, where he faces charges of...

US journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, where he faces charges of...

YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 26 (Reuters) - A shaven-headed Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors on Wednesday in a Russian court where...

US journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian court at the start of a closed trial on charges of espionage.

Gershkovich is the first western journalist to be arrested for spying in Russia since the Cold War.

A closed-door trial has begun for American reporter Evan Gershkovich who was jailed in Russia on spying charges.

This was quite a week in the annals of freedom of the press. Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower organization Wikileaks, after being...

Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal has endured 15 months in prison by reading letters and Russian classics, while the authorities have not...