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Jun 26, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Wednesday, June 26, 2024 9:01 am Gershkovich’s next hearing was set for Aug. 13. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian court Wednesday to face a false accusation of espionage in a secret trial, as a senior Kremlin official told reporters that Moscow was open to the possibility of a prisoner-swap deal that would send him home. The 32-year-old American journalist has been imprisoned since March of last year, when he was arrested by the country’s Federal...
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Thursday, June 20, 2024 10:19 am Russia said it is awaiting a response from Washington to its proposals for a possible exchange of prisoners, an apparent reference to U.S. citizens detained in Russia such as Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons |Georgi Kantchev
Posted Monday, June 17, 2024 9:47 am A Russian court said judicial proceedings in the case of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia for over a year, would be held in secret, with the first hearing in a regional court beginning on June 26, the country’s state media reported. The 32-year-old journalist, a U.S. citizen who was accredited to work in Russia, was falsely accused of espionage in an indictment approved by prosecutors last week. Gershkovich was detained by...
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Thursday, June 13, 2024 9:58 am Russian prosecutors said they have approved an indictment of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia for over a year, falsely accusing him of espionage and referring his case to a trial court, where he could face a series of secret, closed-door hearings. The 32-year-old reporter, whom the U.S. government deems wrongfully detained, has been held in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison since March 29 last year, on an allegation that he, the...
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May 23, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons |Joanna Sugden
Posted Thursday, May 23, 2024 5:17 pm Former President Donald Trump said his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin would help secure the release of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in a Moscow jail for more than a year. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump said that Gershkovich, whom the U.S. State Department deems wrongfully held, would be released almost immediately after the presidential election “but definitely before I assume...
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Tuesday, April 23, 2024 4:46 pm A Moscow court rejected an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich against his detention, meaning the U.S. citizen, who has been awaiting trial for over a year, will remain behind bars until at least June 30. Gershkovich, who appeared in court Tuesday, is being held on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The State Department has declared him wrongfully detained, a designation that...
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Friday, April 19, 2024 11:17 am The U.S. ambassador to Russia visited Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been in custody in Moscow awaiting trial for more than a year, as negotiations continue behind closed doors to secure the American’s release. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Thursday that Lynne Tracy met with Gershkovich at the notorious Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, where he is being held on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S....
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Ann Simmons
Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:30 pm A Russian court extended the detention of Evan Gershkovich by three months, almost a year to the day since The Wall Street Journal reporter became the first U.S. journalist to be detained there on an allegation of espionage since the end of the Cold War. The 32-year-old reporter, whom the U.S. government deems wrongfully detained, has been held in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison since March 29 last year, on an allegation that he, the Journal and the U.S....
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Apr 18, 2023 | 
fnlondon.com | Ann Simmons
After a closed hearing, Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American citizen, was denied bail and ordered held in the Russian capital’s Lefortovo prison pending trial Tuesday April 18, 2023 1:42 pm A Moscow court on 18 April upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested while on a reporting trip last month and held on an allegation of espionage which WSJ and the US government vehemently deny.
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Apr 18, 2023 | 
clarion.causeaction.com | Ann Simmons
A Moscow court on Tuesday upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested while on a reporting trip last month and held on an allegation of espionage that the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny. After a closed hearing, Mr. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old American citizen, was denied bail and ordered held in the Russian capital’s Lefortovo prison pending trial. Lefortovo has often been used to house prominent political prisoners.
