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

If convicted of spying, Evan Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison.

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...

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

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

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

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

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